«The Postwar United States, 1945-1968». Library of Congress. Besøkt 1. april 2018. «Building on the economic base left after the war, American society became more affluent in the postwar years than most Americans could have imagined in their wildest dreams before or during the war. Public policy, like the so-called GI Bill of Rights passed in 1944, provided money for veterans to attend college, to purchase homes, and to buy farms.»
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«1945–1970: velferdsstat og vestvending», Norgeshistorie.no Sitat: «Norge utviklet seg til et modent industri- og forbrukersamfunn med bred velstand i etterkrigsperioden.»