Nazi economy more like Soviets or USA!?

Guille said:
No it doesn't, in fact you look even dumber. Your article talks about putting money in the hands of civilians...this term you use, "war economy", I do not think it means what you think it means.
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So the historians and the economists don't know what they're talking about?
 
T. A. Gardner said:
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.
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They didn't have a choice lol, they had to work for them and they kept what they did only because the Nazi party let them.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
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."
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Because Nazis regulated corporations, but allowed them to remain private to a large extent. Because Nazis didn't abolish all private property.

I would agree well that Nazis were somewhat Socialist, but not like Soviets.
 
Jan Sobieski said:
I'd say fairly intermediate but more like the USA.

Discussion!?
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The Nazi economy was not that unusual. Antisemitism was more a social issue than an economic issue, though it did have effects on the economy. They regulated the economy a little more than we do, and supported national champions more than we do, but were not that different from us.

The Soviet economy was something completely different. Even the Russian Imperial economy was very different.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
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.
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All these "Nazi economics" sound like things we can imagine today in America. While seizing all private property, and making the ownership of private property illegal, would be bizarre.
 
Walt said:
The Nazi economy was not that unusual. Antisemitism was more a social issue than an economic issue, though it did have effects on the economy. They regulated the economy a little more than we do, and supported national champions more than we do, but were not that different from us.

The Soviet economy was something completely different. Even the Russian Imperial economy was very different.
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Right, Nazis would've intermediate between Libertarians & Soviets, but we're far from Libertarians.
 
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