What were Hitler's economic aims and how successful was he in achieving them?
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... What were Hitler's economic aims and how successful was he in achieving them? Hitler's economic aims were unclear at first as his economic aims were always second to his political aims so they had no coherent plan. His policies were a response to any given situation. Hitler's first economic aim was deficit financing. He wanted to spend money on public works which would in return provide jobs for people because Hitler knew that he had previously promised work to the millions of unemployed and knew that his popularity was built on this promise. His second aim was autarky which meant economic self sufficiently. This means that Germany would be free of any world trends such as the Depression of 1929 and this was also made necessary by Hitler's other economic aims which was to get the economy geared to war. In 1933 Hitler made his first four year plans with Dr Hjalmar Schacht.














