In the 1930s, Alberto Beneduce was considered ‘the dictator of the Italian economy’. He was the main financial advisor of the Duce; he founded many public entities, corporations and state-owned companies; and he mastered Italian banking and industrial policy between 1925 and 1940. Beneduce’s career is particularly important for his position within the regime: he was very close to Mussolini but he never had any political role. He represented the spearhead of that bureaucratic and managerial class that neither joined the Fascist Party nor opposed it, yet chose to cooperate with the regime once it was established. In political terms, the figure of Beneduce has remained in a twilight zone. This article takes into account the vision of Alberto Beneduce throughout his career, focusing particularly on the fascist period when he played a major role as gatekeeper between financial, industrial and political power.

Alberto Beneduce, a technocrat in the Fascist era / Castellani, Lorenzo. - In: CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY. - ISSN 1469-2171. - (In corso di stampa), pp. 1-18. [10.1017/S0960777323000140]

Alberto Beneduce, a technocrat in the Fascist era

Castellani L
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In the 1930s, Alberto Beneduce was considered ‘the dictator of the Italian economy’. He was the main financial advisor of the Duce; he founded many public entities, corporations and state-owned companies; and he mastered Italian banking and industrial policy between 1925 and 1940. Beneduce’s career is particularly important for his position within the regime: he was very close to Mussolini but he never had any political role. He represented the spearhead of that bureaucratic and managerial class that neither joined the Fascist Party nor opposed it, yet chose to cooperate with the regime once it was established. In political terms, the figure of Beneduce has remained in a twilight zone. This article takes into account the vision of Alberto Beneduce throughout his career, focusing particularly on the fascist period when he played a major role as gatekeeper between financial, industrial and political power.
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Alberto Beneduce, a technocrat in the Fascist era / Castellani, Lorenzo. - In: CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY. - ISSN 1469-2171. - (In corso di stampa), pp. 1-18. [10.1017/S0960777323000140]
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