History A-Level
Economic and social policy
What Economic and social policy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic and social policy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The CDU/CSU shaped the FRG through the social market economy, which combined free markets with social welfare.
Topics that use Economic and social policy
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 4 Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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Using Economic and social policy in the exam
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