Nazi economy more like Soviets or USA!?

The Nazi economy was run on Statist Capitalism.

In this form of Socialism, the state allows the means of production to remain in private hands while dictating what will be produced and by whom. China today has moved this direction as well. The US has crept in this direction most notably in the "Military-Industrial complex."
 
Yeah it wasn't like either of them.

Some have argued that they didn't even have an economic plan and weren't going to until after the war so they knew what they had to work with.

Everything prior to the war was either stuff Germany was already doing or modified versions to take on the war effort, basically enough to hold it together until the war.
 
Tinker said:
Yeah it wasn't like either of them.

Some have argued that they didn't even have an economic plan and weren't going to until after the war so they knew what they had to work with.

Everything prior to the war was either stuff Germany was already doing or modified versions to take on the war effort, basically enough to hold it together until the war.
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This isn't true. The Nazi government worked closely with the owners of industry who were more than willing to comply so long as they retained financial control of their companies--much like the rich today in the US not minding working hand-in-hand with the government.
There were also corporate bailouts like Junkers (the biggest aircraft manufacturer in Germany at the time) being taken over by the government for a period because they were going bankrupt. This is much like the Obama GM / auto industry bailout as one example.
Smaller companies and small business was allowed to continue within government regulations without much other government interference. They were considered important but too small to bother with tightly controlling.
Large companies with management or owners that were buddies with the Nazis got favoritism in the form of more lucrative contracts (like Krupp, Porsche, or Messerschmitt) while those that wouldn't play along (Henkel and Henschel as examples) were often only considered when the favorites couldn't deliver a product.
 
Again, during WW2, it was war economy. Countries went through that phase and look at the technology we have today.
 
Guille said:
No, it wasn't a "war economy", not even close.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_economy
 
Guille said:
Oh no, a wikipedia article. Way to go, "engineer" ;)

They didn't mobilize their economy until 1943 which was too late for them. That's why we had 10 tanks for every one they had. Germany didn't even start rationing at a level that effected the people until 1942.
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Funny you should call me an "engineer". When I worked for the U.S. Army of Engineers, they designed and created another kind of Pontoon bridge. It was a marvel of engineering.
 
AProudLefty said:
Funny you should call me an "engineer". When I worked for the U.S. Army of Engineers, they designed and created another kind of Pontoon bridge. It was a marvel of engineering.
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I still think you're full of shit. Now get a job and get out of your mom's basement.

And, you do know the Nazis took power in 1933...right?
 
AProudLefty said:
Are you afraid my hair might fall on your McDonald's french fries?
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I don't eat MickeyD's, it makes me sick. And stop trying to deflect from the fact that you said the Nazis had a war economy. They went out of their way not to have one, your wikipedia link notwithstanding of course. Brilliant research btw..."engineer"
 
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