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Explain the expanded role of advertising and consumer credit. Why can it be said that the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s was substantially consumer-driven?

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It influenced consumer spending.  This encouraged people to go out and buy more
products that they wanted.  Due to the
postwar economic prosperity, many Americans had extra money to spend.  As a result producers launched a massive
advertising campaign to encourage consumers to buy more.