Explanation:
Beginning in the 1950s, middle-class culture became obsessed with consumer goods. Increasing numbers of workers enjoyed high wages, larger houses, better schools, and more cars and household technology. The U.S. economy grew dramatically in the post-war period, expanding at an annual rate of 3.5%, changed the lives of ordinary Americans by making them much more comfortable than they ever had been before. During the post-war years, Americans came to have more consumer goods than ever before.
