Postwar Italy’s citizenry was seen by economists as needing taming after revolt

Evidence

Aft er the war it was indeed the majority of citizens that required taming, since they had revolted against the authentic essence of things. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1123

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘taming’ language used for popular sovereignty across interwar austerity regimes. — connects to: Postwar fiscal and labor reforms made Italian capital fear a slide into socialism. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 573; Italian austerity economists blamed wartime gains for working-class moral decline — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1142; Postwar workers demanded meaning and agency in production.

Broader Connections

• Italian austerity economists blamed wartime gains for working-class moral decline #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1142
• Postwar workers demanded meaning and agency in production. #corroborates (0.75)