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8: The Economy - Coggle Diagram
8: The Economy
Successes
Early policies
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Exports in textiles, cars and agricultural produce doubled (budget surplus)
Restoration of the Lira in 1927 was a popular move and mad imports cheaper (helped steel, chemical, rearmament and ship building industries)
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Battle for Births
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Policies introduced include high tax on bachelors, tax reliefs on big families, quota limited women to 10% of public sector in 1933
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Proportion of married women working was higher than anywhere in Europe (due to their 1927 wage cut made them more attractive to employers)
Battle for Grain
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Valuable exports crops (olives, fruit) didn't have same support
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Battle for Land
Success in Pontine Marches with 4.75 million hectares reclaimed but half of this was under previous government
Only 10,000 resettled on the new land
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