Italian state expropriated industrial patents and plants during wartime

Evidence

Likewise, the Italian state owned 60 munitions factories; by 1917 it had seized the right to requisition plants and take direct control of the production process in cases of ineffi cient private management. Th is legislation was preceded by other actions that expropriated private property, even without consent. Such expropriations included government seizure of industrial patents in order to orient them toward national security. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 136

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar Italian social insurance pooled worker, employer, state, and local aid funding — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1660; Italian war spending expanded state economic control at an unprecedented scale — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 131; World War One’s war economy transformed Turin’s industrial and class composition (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Wartime state control proved economies are politically moldable #exemplifies (0.80) — Gary Mongiovi, Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy…, 29
• World War One’s war economy transformed Turin’s industrial and class composition #expands (0.75)
• Sector-level industrial interests shaped Italy’s neutrality stance on World War One #expands (0.72)
• World War I proved production relations could be deliberately changed #exemplifies (0.72) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 174