Hitler also anticipated modern economic policy . . . by recognizing that a rapid approach to full employment was only possible if it was combined with wage and price controls. That a nation oppressed by economic fear would respond to Hitler as Americans did to F.D.R. is not surprising.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hitler's economic policies shared features with later policies like full employment combined with controls.
- In plain terms
- Some economic tactics used by Hitler are similar to modern policies.
- What can you take from it?
- Economic tools can be used by different regimes for similar ends.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can economic success justify political systems?
- How do we judge policy without moral bias?
Another view
Equating different regimes risks ignoring vast moral and contextual differences.
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