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Author-Name: Fabrizio Amore Bianco
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Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Pisa - Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche
Title: Il «terzo fronte». Il fascismo tra guerra economica ed economia di guerra (1939–1943) 
(Italian fascism between economic war and war economy (1939–1943))
Abstract: This essay analyses the cultural debate on the war economy in fascist Italy since 1939 up until 1943. At
the beginning of World War II, when Mussolini adopted a non-belligerent position, many fascist analysts
focused their attention on the way belligerent countries were financing their war effort. The
economic war between England and Germany, and its possible consequences on the Italian economy
were their main concern. When Italy joined the war, price control measures became the main topic
of the fascist debate on the war economy. But Mussolini’s inadequate war economic plan, the systematic
overlapping of different authorities, and the failure of price freeze policies proved that the
Italian fascist regime could not cope with World War II
Classification-JEL: B2, N4, N44
Keywords: Fascismo, Seconda guerra mondiale, guerra totale, guerra economica, economia di guerra, finanza di guerra, autarchia, corporativismo 
(Fascism, Second World War, total war, economic war, war economy, war finance, autarky, corporatism)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 91-105
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2016
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201606301&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:24:y:2016:1:7:p:91-105