overall Italian economy. In an economic sense none of Mussolini's
             "battles" were actually won, and many just provided publicity stunts for the Duce
             showing him "practising what he preached". On the whole Italy's basic agricultural
             problems remained unsolved. The south still remained desperately poor and it's
             agriculture inefficient, wages also remained low and the living standard of most
             With industry and commerce Mussolini simply gave a free reign to "big
             business" and launched his favourite economic idea; the creation of the "Corporate
             State". The theory behind Corporate State was to allow bosses and workers to sort
             out their differences as equals with delegates from each being sent to the higher
             General Assembly who would deal with national issues on a larger scale. The failure
             of the project resulted largely from Mussolini's own arrogance in ignoring advice and
             the general corruption of officials who saw it as an excuse to line their own pockets.
             The labour movement was also crushed, due to the Corpora
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