Six years of "total war" in Europe, 1939–1945, brought destruction and economic ruin to both victors and vanquished. Only the United States emerged from World War II without domestic damage and stronger economically than before the...

The Marshall Plan was the economic aid plan for the recovery of European economies instituted by George Marshall when he was secretary of state in the Truman administration in the USA. He first suggested the plan in a famous speech at Harvard in June...

The Marshall Plan was a programme of aid provided by the USA to facilitate the economic reconstruction of Western Europe following the Second World War. The plan, also known as the European Recovery Programme, was announced on 5 June 1947 by US...

US AID to sixteen countries of Western Europe proposed by General George Marshall, US Secretary of State, which, in the form of economic and military grants and loans, amounted to $16.4 billion in the period 1948–52. Western Europe’s loss...

The Marshall Plan (from its enactment, officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the allied countries of Europe, and repelling communism after World War...

…will design the second (or third, depending on how you count) tower at the World Trade Center site, Larry Silverstein announced today. It’s a move with clear benefits, as Foster is the best known of the three architects that Silverstein has chosen to do his...

For the U.S. to gain the upper hand in innovation, the government needs to partner with free enterprise. That's a key premise of tech expert John Kao's forthcoming book, "Innovation Nation." Kao doesn't advocate a bureaucratic boondoggle, with the government ineptly "managing" innovation. He envisions...

Key policies of French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal:SARKOZYECONOMY: Would cut taxes and payroll fees, and loosen hiring and firing rules. Though generally pro-market, also supports state role in industry, including Airbus and strategic energy giants.35-HOUR WORKWEEK: Says it's not creating jobs as...

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson called Thursday for a focus on fighting poverty and hunger in the developing world, arguing hunger and overpopulation are the greatest looming threat to the establishment of a stable world."For decades, we believed that the only apocalyptic threat to human...