Talk:Economy of Italy under Fascism, 1922-1943

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[edit] Should This Article Be Deleted?

This article is more of an essay than a factual encyclopedia article. It uses reasoning and logic rather than clean cut facts to make judgements, this is why I believe it should either be cleaned up and put into factual encyclopedic format, or have it deleted and remade. Just a suggestion.

Kinneyboy90 05:27, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

It reads as original research, but may contain some facts not present in the various articles relating to the period of fascism within Italy. I'd like to see content merged into other articles, then perhaps we can delete this article when it is a redundant redirect. Rob Church Talk | FAHD 03:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't think so. It's quite bad but better than nothing. I'll do my best to clean it up and perhaps sparce up the references. Savidan 21:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, delete it. The logic that it is better than nothing is just plain idiotic. I can't really be nice about it. This article is pure crap. --70.131.90.151 (talk) 23:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Internal disputes in encyclopedic entry

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"To those arguing that Fascist policy was not clear, the view in the preceding paragraphs is based on a naive acceptance of Italian propaganda. Mussolini knew close to nothing of economics and did not care greatly; he put little pressure on industry and the government efforts were ad hoc, rather than following a clearly defined policy. Indeed, certain historians have argued that Italian fascism was actually a negative force on the Italian economy - holding back genuine modernisation and badly distorting economic development, even before the war."

Internal editor disputes? No go. Marked as NPOV-section. - Peter Bjørn Perlsø (talk) 01:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unjustifiable claims.

This article is full of non-encyclopedic content, and apparently someone is claiming to be a practicing necromancer, who knows the inner motivations of a dead person. For example:

Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922 and transformed the country's economy along fascist ideology. He was not an economic radical; while he reshaped the political scene he neither had nor sought a free-hand with the economy.

What Mussolini might or might not have sought (as taken apart from what he actually said or did) is, quite simply, unknowable. So this is tripe. That doesn't even get into unjustifiable statements like "he was not an economic radical", which apparently derives from some sort of essence that only the original author can know. Pretty much only the first sentence of the quoted section is capable of being kept. --70.131.90.151 (talk) 23:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)