This is CBS I On The World.

Here's John Bachelorette.

The Marshal Plan, George Marshal, a general who became Secretary of State following the

Second War.

And for that Marshal Plan, a great success once upon a time.

I welcome Matt Stanglas, a European correspondent for the Economist magazine, who can help us

understand the Marshal Plan then.

This is post-war period 4748.

And the talk of a Marshal Plan for Ukraine after the fighting stops, and we have some certainty

of the border region.

Matt, a very good day to you.

Thank you for this.

The Marshal Plan is remembered in America dimly as a success.

Is it regarded that way in Europe?

How does the Marshal Plan today come into the conversation?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

Thanks for having me on.

The Marshal Plan is still regarded as a huge success in Europe.

I think it may be a bit too complacently regarded as a tremendous success, because people forget

how difficult it was to construct and how difficult it was to push through at the time.

So in 1947, Europe was still a wreck.

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