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his pamphlet, issued around May of 1932, (before the July Reichstag election), outlines the official Nazi positions on economic policy. It was issued in a large edition, and was to be binding on party speakers and writers. It provides a wide range of proposals, many of which would have looked attractive to Germans suffering through the Great Depression, which was far worse in Germany than in the United States. It is based on the work of Gregor Strasser, somewhat on the “left” of the party, and who six months later left it. The program aroused considerable opposition from business and financial circles, with the result that Hitler ordered that distribution of it cease in October 1932.
A. The reasons for creating jobs
Unemployment causes poverty, employment creates prosperity.
Capital does not create jobs, but rather jobs create capital.
Unemployment benefits burden the economy, but job creation stimulates the economy.
Working people cannot be satisfied with meager unemployment benefits. Working people demand the right to a job.
B. Methods of creating jobs
We have the productive capacity for more jobs.
We have markets for increased jobs.
These markets are available only domestically.
Creating jobs requires refocusing the German economy on the domestic market.
Focusing on the domestic market requires an increase in agricultural production.
The focus on domestic markets must lead to the social liberation of the German worker.
What needs to be done.
Only the state can accomplish these tasks.
C. Land reclamation
The extent of necessary land reclamation work
Benefits and costs of the work
D. Working housing
The private home as dwelling
The private home as a productive space
Building settlements of individual homes
E. Finances
Financing public job creation
Financing production
II. General Economic Measures
F. Commercial and financial measures
Foreign trade
Foreign currency supplies
Law against capital flight
Currency reform
G. Bank and credit policy
Bank supervision
The money transfer system
Reducing interest rates
H. Administrative and tax measures
Price controls
Avoiding excessive expenditures
Increasing the burden on those with strong shoulders
Eliminating corruption
I. Agriculture
The current situation
Wrong economic policies
Correct economic policies
What measures must be taken?
Settling the East
J. [omitted]
K. Industry
Approval requirements for new production facilities
Nationalization and state supervision
Easier financing
L. Craftsmen, commerce, and retail
The current situation
Department stores and consumer societies
Cooperatives
Publicly-owned concerns
Public contracts
M. Social issues
The right to employment
Existing jobs must be reserved for German people’s comrades
Social insurance
Care of the elderly
Profit sharing
Labor service
Literature: Gregor Straßer, Jobs and Prosperity (Reichstag speech of 10 May 1932, Franz-Eher-Verlag, 10 pf.
Ottokar Lorenz, Eliminating Unemployment (Wirtschaftspolitischer Verlag, Berlin W 35, Am Karlsbad 19, Price: 50 pf.).
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