<P> However, its role in the rapid recovery has been debated . Most reject the idea that it only miraculously revived Europe, since the evidence shows that a general recovery was already under way . The Marshall Plan's accounting reflects that aid accounted for less than 3% of the combined national income of the recipient countries between 1948 and 1951, which means an increase in GDP growth of only 0.3% . </P> <P> Bradford DeLong and Barry Eichengreen conclude it was "History's Most Successful Structural Adjustment Program ." They state: </P> <Dl> <Dd> It was not large enough to have significantly accelerated recovery by financing investment, aiding the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure, or easing commodity bottlenecks . We argue, however, that the Marshall Plan did play a major role in setting the stage for post-World War II Western Europe's rapid growth . The conditions attached to Marshall Plan aid pushed European political economy in a direction that left its post World War II "mixed economies" with more "market" and less "controls" in the mix . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> It was not large enough to have significantly accelerated recovery by financing investment, aiding the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure, or easing commodity bottlenecks . We argue, however, that the Marshall Plan did play a major role in setting the stage for post-World War II Western Europe's rapid growth . The conditions attached to Marshall Plan aid pushed European political economy in a direction that left its post World War II "mixed economies" with more "market" and less "controls" in the mix . </Dd>

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