Nazi economy resists classification in Western capitalist or socialist terms

Evidence

William Ebenstein, The Nazi Slate, New York, 1943, in discussing the “Permanent War Economy” of the Nazi state is almost the only critic who has realized that “the endless discussion …as to the socialist or capitalist nature of the German economy under the Nazi regime is largely artificial…[because it] tends to overlook the vital fact that capitalism and socialism are categories which relate to Western welfare economics” (p. 239). — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2612

Categorization

• QUESTION: Ebenstein’s claim that capitalism/socialism are ‘Western welfare economics’ categories is provocative — worth chasing how Arendt uses it against Western political categories.
• XREF: connects to: Nazi rule affirmed capitalism rather than superseding it — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 510; Command economy and monopoly capitalism coexisted under Nazi rule — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 510; Nazi dictatorship was functionally necessary to preserve a fully monopolized economy — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1185 (+2 more)