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Non governmental intervention
The 1948 currency reform successfully ended inflation. The currency reform had also stopped high levels of absenteeism from work as people wanted to earn the new currency
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A Ministry of Housing was established to reorganise the rebuilding of shattered towns. Tax incentives were given to private companies to construct housing
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In spite of the bombing, much of the industrial infrastructure remained unscathed. Where factories had been destroyed, new ones were built with modern methods of production
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In 1952, tax levies on the rich in the Equalisation of Burdens Law financed the settlement of 10 million German refugees from the former German territories in the East. This also funded an increase in an elderly population
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The FRG had an ample supply of raw materials, especially in the Ruhr area
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The Marshall Plan provided limited funds which were used to buy essential equipment for the restoration of factories
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There was a constant supply of labour, initially from the GDR and then from foreigh guest workers from southern Europe and Turkey. They were cheap to employ. They were young, healthy and had few dependents
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There was a huge demand for consumer goods such as cars, televisions, vacuum cleaners and refrigerators (both at home and abroad) that had been unavailable during the war helped to fuel growth
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The Korean War of 1950 stimulated the demand for German steel and engineering products for the US war effort
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West Germany was a founding member of the EEC and this allowed Germany to export goods to the other five member countries
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Before 1955 the FRG was not allowed an army so did not not have to spend money financing armed forces or armaments
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Despite the weak Nazi education policies, there was a skilled workforce who were educated and had a high level of technical skills
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The sheer hard work and determination of the Germans should not be discounted, many were willing to work long hours and wanted to earn the new currency
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Trade unions that represented the workers were allowed representatives on company boards, this gave unions a stake in the company and made it easier to settle trade disputes and made workers happier
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In 1951, Law 131 restored the employment and pension rights civil servants. This allowed Ex-Nazis to rejoin the civil service. This Law was extended to 150,000 individuals who had previously lost their jobs under denazification
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The Basic Law and Adenauer provided the political stability that allowed the economy to grow. While Erhard, Minister of the Economics followed a social-market economic policy businesses were free to make money. Government still protected workers
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