Mussolini's industrial austerity forced underpaid work on Italy's population through a form of political coercion that was unthinkable in Britain: the Duce outlawed independent unions and slashed wages by decree. However, intersections between the two examples are abundant. In fact, the austere British government did not fear enacting explicit, repressive labor laws against strikers to complement the economic coercions imposed by the market. On the other hand, once unemployment rose, the Italian state's violent political attacks on dissenting workers were complemented by the economic coercion of impersonal market forces.

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 1519