The Fascist Regime: Economics

Question 1

what did the corporate state intend to do?

Answer 1

solve class conflict in the workplace

Question 2

what did the Rocco law of april 1926 state?

Answer 2

strikes banned
syndicates (groups of representative of employers and employees) were given some rights to operate and represent concerns

Question 3

when was the ministry of corporations set up?

Answer 3

july 1926

Question 4

what could corporations do in theory?

Answer 4

fix the price of goods
settle disputes between workers and employers
advise the gov
regulate apprenticeships

Question 5

when was the charter of labour introduced and what was it?

Answer 5

1927 guaranteed workers rights in employment and welfare

Question 6

why does the charter of labour suggest M wasnt interested in protecting the rights and interests of workers?

Answer 6

it wasnt followed through

Question 7

who actually represented each side in the corporations?

Answer 7

employees chose their own representatives

workers represented by fascist officials approved by M

Question 8

what example is there that workers did benefit from the corporations?

Answer 8

workers won the right to a uk pay

paid nation holidays introduced 1938

Question 9

how did the corporate state help give M control over the economy?

Answer 9

any plans put forward by the corporations had to be approved by the central corporative committee headed by M who alone could decide what became law

Question 10

why did the corporate state provide good propaganda for mussolini?

Answer 10

M claimed he had to overcome the problems of class conflict and had constructed a third way between capitalism and communism

studiers of corporate state from around the world praised this new and original economic system

Question 11

why was the corporate state successful for Mussolini?

Answer 11

• fascist officials representing workers supported businesses and employers —> industrialist support M
• provided M excellent propaganda in italy and abroad
• strikes generally avoided —> contributed to the belief that M had saved italy from socialist revolution

Question 12

why was the corporate state not a success?

Answer 12

• workers rights not protected —> contributed to decline in living standards
• conflict between employers and employees not solved only suppressed
• bureaucratic
• didn’t achieve its states aims
• there was corruption such as the building a mock factories to secure subsidies