Mussolini’s austerity policies won applause from international experts

Evidence

A few years later, these experts would support the rise to power of the founding father of fascism, Benito Mussolini. Mussolini guaranteed a sufficient dose of economic austerity, characterized by wage reductions, cuts in social spending, the privatization of public services, and increased interest rates. His economic rectitude garnered applause from economic experts worldwide, including liberals and nationalists alike. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 14

Categorization

• XREF: This is the reader’s Italy case and a central provocation: that even ‘liberal’ economists applauded fascist austerity because it delivered the same class discipline. — connects to: Mainstream economists applauded Mussolini’s austerity as sound fiscal discipline. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 14; Liberal economist Einaudi celebrated fascism as restoring investor confidence — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 201; Liberal economists endorsed Mussolini to enforce austerity on Italy’s workers — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 656 (+4 more)
• SEED: Article angle: the uncomfortable continuities between ‘respectable’ austerity economics and fascist economic policy.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: which specific liberal economists applauded Mussolini, and what did they say?