Plan De Man
The Labour Plan (
Henri De Man of the Belgian Labour Party (POB-BWP), to combat the economic situation experienced by Belgium in the aftermath of the Great Depression. The plan, described as a "Labour Plan", was one of the foremost examples of De Man's doctrine of "Planisme" (state planning).[citation needed] The policy was aimed at "instilling a mixed economic system" by the creation of "a nationalized sector covering the organization of credit and the main industries which have already in reality been monopolized."[1]
It was broadly similar to the Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 "New Deal" in the United States and the later SDAP's 1935 Plan of Labour in the Netherlands.[citation needed]
Criticism
Despite the support of the POB-BWP, the plan was criticized by many left-wing commentators.
New International.[2]
References
- ^ Deruette, Serge (1999). La Vie en Rose: Réalités de l'Histoire du Parti Socialiste en Belgique. Aden. p. 90.
- ^ a b Trotsky, Leon (January 1934). "Revisionism and Planning: The Revolutionary Struggle against Labor Fakers". New International. 11 [1945] (2).
External links
- "En avant pour le Plan du Travail" (PDF). Le Mouvement Syndical Belge. 20 November 1933. Retrieved 3 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- Claeys van Haegendoren, Mieke (1974). "La pratique du planisme en Belgique". JSTOR 40369390.