Why was western Germany thriving after wwii?

A man called Ludwig Erhard, an economist educated at the University of Frankfurt and a disciple of free-market economics advocate Walter Eucken (a major influence on his economic thought), was put in charge of the economy of the Western occupied zone of Germany.

In 1948, he started to promote free market policies and at the very beginning of his term in office, he announced two key measures: the introduction of a new currency and the elimination of prices and wages control. Shortly after the new measures, the German economy started to recover and revived: employment rose, store shelves became full with goods, and German people´s productivity got a powerful stimulus. The industry got new life.

After WWII, Germany laid in ruins, with cities destroyed, occupied by foreign powers and with grim perspectives. But in the 1950s, it was growing significantly again; in the 1960s, Germany became the third largest economy of the world. The Wirtschaftwunder or the German "economic miracle" had been achieved.

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both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.