Caporegime
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1950's had rationing, dont think its really best of times not finance wise anyway. End of the british empire, some relief from not having to speak german maybe but mostly lots of debt to repay from the war.
It was also the emergence of a more assertive US,who threatened to bankrupt us over the Suez Crisis and forced as to withdraw from Egypt. Many historians regard that as the point we declined as a major world power.