This visualization shows the changes in GDP after World War II for US and Germany. The y-axis reports the GDP growth (in percent) and the x-axis reports the year. The dataset comes from the IMF Website.

Data loading concept (index.js) and update pattern ordering (scatterplot.js) used from Nick Lima's visualization.

Other Sources:

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/german-economic-miracle.asp https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-american-economy-during-world-war-ii/ https://www.cato.org/commentary/1920s-income-tax-cuts-sparked-economic-growth-raised-federal-revenues https://bradfordtaxinstitute.com/Free_Resources/Federal-Income-Tax-Rates.aspx