Fascist austerity dismantled social reforms to rebuild capital accumulation.

Evidence

Mussolini delivered on his promises. Fiscal and industrial austerity (1922- 1925), followed by monetary austerity and continued industrial austerity (1926- 1928), bulldozed hardwon social reforms and workers’ aspirations. Th ese policies served to enact a common purpose: the rehabilitation of the fundamental pillars of capital accumulation- nowhere better observed than in the regime’s capacity to secure brisk “industrial peace.” — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1038

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the austerity-as-class-weapon thesis of the book; connects to the reader’s broader work on how fiscal restraint serves capital over labor.
• XREF: connects to: Fascist austerity dismantled welfare, cut taxes on capital, and banned unions — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 193; Fascist austerity dismantled postwar gains and re-separated economics from politics — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 193; Fascism reimposed the economic-political divide that workers had breached — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 583 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Fascist austerity dismantled postwar gains and re-separated economics from politics #corroborates (0.92) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 193
• Fascism reimposed the economic-political divide that workers had breached #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 583
• Austerity structurally dismantled the workers’ movement and its economic alternatives #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 654
• Fascism’s founding political program was framed in austerity terms. #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1037
• Austerity served as proof of creditworthiness to international finance for the Fascist regime #expands (0.72) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1435
• Capitalist wealth accumulation was built on the dispossession and impoverishment of the masses. #expands (0.72) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 70
• Progress under capitalism turns into regression and fascism #complicates (0.70) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 25