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Haider, Carmen

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“…Some observers were also trying to point this out to the American public. As Carmen Haider wrote from Columbia University, the corporatist system had been “built on the lack of interest on the part of the masses and realized only in its outward forms,” so it was proving incapable of containing the widespread agitation in the country (Haider, 1930: 224). Moreover, the representative system based upon Fascist syndicates of employers and of employees was still unfinished and subordinate to a political body, namely the Grand Council of Fascism ( Gran Consiglio del Fascismo ):It is true that the conception of the corporatist state calls for an economic chamber, and that the Fascists declare that they are working towards such a system, but at present Parliament is political, even according to the Fascists, and furthermore the idea of the corporatist state, as it is advanced by the Fascists, does not take account of the existence and predominating position of the Grand Council.…”

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“…Moreover, the representative system based upon Fascist syndicates of employers and of employees was still unfinished and subordinate to a political body, namely the Grand Council of Fascism ( Gran Consiglio del Fascismo ):It is true that the conception of the corporatist state calls for an economic chamber, and that the Fascists declare that they are working towards such a system, but at present Parliament is political, even according to the Fascists, and furthermore the idea of the corporatist state, as it is advanced by the Fascists, does not take account of the existence and predominating position of the Grand Council. (Haider, 1930: 266) 13 …”

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“…It is true that the conception of the corporatist state calls for an economic chamber, and that the Fascists declare that they are working towards such a system, but at present Parliament is political, even according to the Fascists, and furthermore the idea of the corporatist state, as it is advanced by the Fascists, does not take account of the existence and predominating position of the Grand Council. (Haider, 1930: 266) 13…”

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“The cleanest, neatest, most effectively operating piece of social machinery I’ve ever seen”: On the reception of Fascist corporatism in the USA

Pasetti

2023

Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies

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In the era between the two world wars, the spread of corporatist laws and institutions in many countries, flourishing mostly in the 1930s, was marked by a transnational hybridization of projects and experiences. Against this background, the Italian corporatist state became a milestone for many intellectuals and politicians not only in Europe but also on the American continent. This article deals with the transatlantic influence of the corporatist Fascist laboratory, focusing on the reception of this political option and the debate about it in New Deal's United States. In particular, some case studies will be considered to observe how corporatism was a key factor in legitimizing Fascism even in democratic circles, despite the criticisms of the Italian regime from anti-fascists in exile. In USA, in fact, the impact of the Great Depression increased the popularity of this alternative, partly because Italy seemed less affected by the economic crisis than other states. While in the 1920s the Fascist corporatist experiment had drawn the attention of some secondary intellectuals, in the 1930s it became a matter of reflection even within President Franklin Roosevelt's progressive entourage. For example, economist Rexford Tugwell wrote in his diary that Italian corporatist order was “The cleanest, neatest, most effectively operating piece of social machinery I’ve ever seen. It makes me envious.”

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