Announcer washington journal continues. Host welcome back. It has been 75 years since the Marshall Plan started. Welcome back to washington journal, its been 75 years since the Marshall Plan started the flow of billions of dollars in usa departments of europe after world war ii. Our guest is ben steele, hes the author of the book the Marshall Plan. Don of the cold war. Hes also senior fellow of economics at the council on Foreign Relations and he joins us from new york city. Ben, welcome to the program. Thank you for having me, amy. So, describe the Economic Conditions of europe right at the end of world war ii and what was at stake, both for europe and for the United States. Conditions were very dire, quite obviously, there were massive destruction, factories, roads, bridges, canals all destroyed around the continent. Most importantly, the inter Gate Division of labor that we count on in developed countries in order to move food from rural areas to urban areas, to move manufactured pr
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