Economic Policies And Social Impact

Question 1

Corporate state + control of industry/labour

Answer 1

Corporatism aimed to organise economy by sectors
Made to suppress class conflict by integrating employers + workers under state control
Corporations represented employers, workers, and state in each industry
Independent unions banned; fascist-controlled syndicates replaced them
Gov role was mediated disputes, set wages, controlled strikes
This limited workers rights, strengthened state + industrial elites

Question 2

Public works + efforts to reduce unemployment

Answer 2

Large scale public works projects (dams, roads, integration)
Purpose was to combat Great Depression unemployment + boost economy
Land reclamation, infrastructure development
Reduced unemployment, improved national infrastructure
Used propaganda to promote regimes image as effective + modernising

Question 3

Economic successes + failures under fascism

Answer 3

Successes:
Infrastructure improvements + public works reduced unemployment
Some industrial growth + modernisation
Achieved partial economic self-sufficiency efforts
Failures:
Economy remained inefficient + heavily controlled
Agricultural production often low despite land projects
Military spending strained resources
Autarky policies limited trade + growth
Economic gains uneven + short lived