The Fruits of Fascism

Postwar Prosperity in Historical Perspective

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ID19915381
AuthorsSimon Reich (0000-0003-3156-0134, corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages360
Publication date2019-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFruits of Fascism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCornell University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7591/9781501732157
OpenAlexW2799092124
Open LibraryOL33695844M
ISBN9781501732157
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The West German "economic miracle," Simon Reich suggests, may be best understood as a result of the discriminatory economic policies of the Nazi regime. Reich contends that ideological and institutional characteristics originating under fascism were sustained despite Germany's return to democracy and heavily influenced the economic success of its automobile industry. By contrast, the liberal economic policies of the British state led in time to the decline of an industrial sector that in 1930 had closely resembled its German counterpart. Through detailed comparative histories of German and British automobile firms, Reich challenges traditional explanations of the divergent performances of the two nations' economies and sheds new light on the relationship between state policy and economic success in pre- and postwar Europe. Liberal, nondiscriminatory British policies favorable to multinational investment contributed significantly to the decline of domestic firms, he argues, so that eventually multinationals could threaten the health of the entire British economy by investing elsewhere. The Nazi state, however, thwarted the development of American subsidiaries and fostered a core of producers, government officials, bankers, and labor union leaders

Art · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society

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