Ludwig Erhard - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This person considered proposing to Khrushchev a 25-billion-dollar loan to the USSR in exchange for the reunification of Germany. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this person who, in the 1950s, extended Bismarck’s economic policy to resuscitate the German welfare state. Middle-income tax cuts and the abolition of price controls led to this man presiding over West Germany’s economic miracle with Konrad Adenauer, whom he’d later succeed.

ANSWER: Ludwig Erhard

[10e] Erhard’s plans for German recovery were buoyed by this program. This program, named for a secretary of state, provided foreign aid to much of Western Europe after World War II.

ANSWER: Marshall Plan

[10m] During his chancellorship, Erhard opposed this policy that was championed by later chancellor Willy Brandt. This policy, which replaced the Hallstein Doctrine, pursued the normalization of relations with East Germany.

ANSWER: Neue Ostpolitik

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Summary


Florida	Main	Y	13	13.08	85%	46%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	90%	10%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	46%	18%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	11.25	88%	13%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	16.43	100%	64%	0%

Data


McGill A	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Queen's A	0	10	10	20
Queen's B	McMaster B	0	0	0	0
Toronto A	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
Ottawa	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	Western Ontario	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	McGill C	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Toronto K	0	10	10	20
Guelph B	Waterloo	0	0	0	0
Penn A	George Mason A	0	10	10	20
Catholic University	George Washington A	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	George Washington B	0	10	10	20
Maryland D	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10	20
Georgetown B	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Notre Dame E	0	10	10	20
Georgetown A	Penn B	0	10	10	20
UMBC A	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	10	20
George Mason B	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	SIUE	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Truman State	0	10	10	20
WashU D	William Woods	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Louisville B	10	10	10	30
BU	MIT B	10	10	0	20
Bowdoin B	BC B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	0	10	10	20
Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Orlando	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Harvard	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Amherst A	0	10	10	20
Tufts A	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Yale A	Williams	0	10	10	20
Yale B	BC A	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Northwestern A	0	10	0	10
Ohio	Arizona State B	0	0	0	0
Northwestern C	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
Texas B	McGill D	0	10	0	10
Tulsa	UTD B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	UCO	0	10	0	10
Iowa	UTD A	0	10	0	10
UIC	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Huntsville A	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Sewanee A	0	10	0	10
UAB A	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Bristol B	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
City St George's A	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Birmingham A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	LSE A	0	10	10	20
Lancaster A	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Manchester B	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Manchester A	Oxford A	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Oxford B	0	10	10	20
Southampton A	Sheffield C	0	10	10	20
Cambridge D	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Bristol A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Louisville A	0	10	10	20