Fascism abolished the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance in 1923

Evidence

A fi nal, devastating volley against the wartime economy came with the abolition of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance in April 1923— a blow to all Italian workers who had just recently won their twentyyear battle for the Ministry’s creation. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1234

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fascist austerity dismantled welfare, cut taxes on capital, and banned unions — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 193; Mussolini’s 1923 austerity gutted Giolitti’s extension of farm accident insurance — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 317; Fascism abolished mandatory unemployment insurance won by earlier popular movements — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1709 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Fascism abolished mandatory unemployment insurance won by earlier popular movements #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1709
• Fascist austerity dismantled postwar gains and re-separated economics from politics #expands (0.82) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 193
• Fascism abolished the Superior council of labor, ending worker representation in the state #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1709
• Fascism reimposed the economic-political divide that workers had breached #expands (0.78) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 583
• Fascist Italy suppressed independent unions to enforce collaboration in production #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1728
• Red Vienna built a popular welfare state that fascism destroyed #exemplifies (0.72) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 1110