Nazi Economics

I am going to be arguing from the standpoint that Nazi Economics was harmful both economically, and morally(limits opportunity for a nation to become prosperous). I will also argue that there are way better economic systems such as Capitalism which would make one's nation even more prosperous. I would also like to state that a lot of the benefits that Nazi Germany acquired was through war. All arguments that deal with growth should be focused on the wealth gained from war. There economy is not the sole reason why the Nazis gained so many benefits. First I would like to address the three goals that Nazi Germany was trying to achieve:•Elimination of unemployment•Elimination of hyperinflation•Expansion of production of consumer goods to improve middle- and lower-class living standards. These all seem to be solid reasons for a stable nation, but I believe that there are other more democratic ways of achieving this. I would also like to state that all of these goals came through force which creates a lot of unintended consequences as a result. . http://www.nazism.net...Nazi Wealth- I will admit that the German population was contributing(forced) a lot into the economy. But, I do the think that this lead to a prosperous nation. War made Nazi Germany a prosperous country, while propaganda kept the citizens happy. Here are the main points and statistics:-Nazis unfairly taxed racial minorities, and took there property for money. "The report also details the ransacking of 72,000 apartments in the eastern territories – Poland and the Baltic states – and shows how the taxman noted carefully down the wagons which brought the loot back to the Reich; 1,457 rail cars to Cologne, 1,023 to Rostock, 1,928 to Essen and 2,699 to Hamburg. The Nazis also made vast profits out of selling off the possessions of those Jews who left – and those who were later deported to die in the extermination camps in occupied Poland. For example, in Hamburg, auctions were held from 1941 onwards of furniture looted from Jewish homes. Auctions were staged on every working day between February that year and April 1945, the profits being lodged with a Gestapo bank account which transferred the money to the Reichsbank in Berlin. ". http://www.telegraph.co.uk...-Nazi Profit from WarNow, Pro cannot say that the Nazi German wealth came directly from economics. The Nazis gained over 200 billion dollars from their conquests. This is because Nazi Germany ruled almost all of Europe. The Nazi German Empire occupied Ausria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Netherlands, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, and Norway. They also taxed all of the racial minorities in each country. . http://www.top10hq.com...-Centrally planned economyNazi Germany also focused a lot of their economic policy on building up a strong military. The Nazis controlled virtually all aspect of trade from the unionized labor to the actual prices. This hindered free market economics, and created less freedom which would create dramatic effects for the German people. -Private propertyPrivate property was allowed in title, but not in practice. The Nazi government, under control of the Fuhrer, dictated the ownership of the means of production - which in turn controls the use of all private property. "Private" property was often considered a construct of Jewish greed, and was shunned by Nazi supporters. . http://www.paoracle.com...Better Economic PoliciesFree Market Capitalism is able to go hand to hand with democracy and freedom. I am also talking about the 1980s capitalism where inflation was low. Let's first talk about competition. Competition enabled businesses to actually innovate which was missing from the German Economy. There was no innovation. In fact, the people that actually did innovate moved to America, because they were frightened by the unpredictable nature of the regime. Competition enabled companies like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter to compete and innovate. Examples:Apple: Apple was created by the visionary Steve Jobs in 1976. There goal was to create computers that were user-friendly to the common man at this time. Now, think about this. What would give you the drive to create computers for the average individual? Money. Money would motivate people like Jobs to create computers, and give him a purpose to do this. Apple made the Macintosh in the 1980s hoping to replace IBM. Apple went on to make many useful things that we use today such as the IPhone, IPad, and Macbooks. "Q3 2011: 20 million iPhones, 9 million iPads, 7 million iPods [5] . http://www.asymco.com... Microsoft-Microsoft and Apple used to have heavy competition in the 1980s. This motivated both companies to produce the best they could offer to people. For those that do not know, Gates and Jobs actually worked together in creating the Macintosh. What happened was that Gates took the GUI from Apple, and created Windows. One might think that this was a backstab, but think about how much benefits happened as a result of this. Windows revolutionized how you worked. Back in the 80s, people used IBM and MS-DOS which was not user-friendly. The general theme here is that these visionaries were working for the people. They could have had selfish ambitions, but the point is that the reason why we are debating through this social network right now is because of user-friendly devices. Microsoft estimates that there are 400 million active users of Windows. . http://www.winbeta.org....http://www.winbeta.org... Facebook-This is also another social network that rose in an age dominated by Myspace. This not only can be a story of how a company was founded, but how even if there is a corporation that has dominated the market, you still have a chance to make it big. . http://womeninbusiness.about.com... 1.581 billion people now use Facebook. These arguments are just less than 10% of how competition has created so many industries in America. This has made America a very prosperous country. America is extremely prosperous comparing it to Nazi Germany. America has also kept up with a relatively stable democracy where everyone can vote, and has a lot more free than Nazi Germany. Statistics on America:-Unemployment rate is 4.9%. . http://www.tradingeconomics.com... -America's GDP is 17.43 trillion dollars. -America's assets combined equal 225 trillion dollars. . http://finance.yahoo.com... -Inflation has certainly been very low. During the past five years, the consumer price index has increased at an annual rate of just 1.5%. . http://www.project-syndicate.org...How to deal with an economic crisis:The great depression also impacted America. Franklin Delano Roosevelt responded in one of the best ways ever. He created the new deal. I will expand on this argument in the next round due to a lack of characters. I will address how what Roosevelt did would have also benefited Germany at the time.