Assess the effectiveness of economic planning in bringing about stability and progress in Italy in the years 1922 to 1940.
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Assess the effectiveness of economic planning in bringing about stability and progress in Italy in the years 1922 to 1940. When Benito Mussolini came in to power he had a number of aims for Italy. They were to make Italy great, feared, respected, a revision of the Versailles treaty and he wanted Italy to be militarily strong, playing a major role in European affairs, and carving herself an Empire to rival that of Ancient Rome. He did not come to power with a coherent programme. In fact he had given real thought to what he would do once in office. He had little knowledge of, or interest in the workings of the economy, while his policies towards society developed rather slowly and were rarely properly planned in advance. However his primary aims were to make the Duce all powerful and later to transform the Italian society and character. If these aims were...


