Affluence

Associated with the middle to late 1950s in Britain. Rationing had been abandoned and many people were able to spend their money on consumer goods and even luxury items. The 1950s Wirtschaftswunder would be the German equivalent.

"By the end of the 1950s society had been transformed as new goods appeared on the shelves and people started to spend their money. This heralded the arrival of a richer society and mass consumerism."