12 Questions
What was the major element in stimulating effective demand for Ford's products after the postwar boom?
Suburbanization and deconcentration of population and industry
Why was it hard for capitalists or workers to refuse rationalizations during the war effort?
Rationalizations improved efficiency during war efforts
What were some of the factors that influenced the establishment of the Fordist system?
Individual, corporate, institutional, and state decisions
What characterized the war-time mobilization efforts regarding labor processes?
Large-scale planning and rationalizations of the labor process
What were some of the crisis tendencies of capitalism that influenced decision-making before and during the Great Depression?
Unwitting political choices and knee-jerk responses
Why did many decisions contributing to the Fordist system happen as knee-jerk responses?
Due to crisis tendencies of capitalism
What was a major element that contributed to stimulating effective demand for Ford's products in the long postwar boom after 1945?
Suburbanization and deconcentration of population and industry
Why did the Fordist system depend on myriad individual, corporate, institutional, and state decisions?
To meet the crisis tendencies of capitalism
What characterized the war-time mobilization efforts with respect to labor processes?
Centralized control over labor processes
Why was it challenging for capitalists or workers to resist rationalizations during the war effort?
Since rationalizations improved efficiency during wartime
What was a significant aspect of the Fordist system's establishment process?
State-directed large-scale planning
Why did many decisions contributing to the Fordist system occur as knee-jerk responses?
As a result of immediate reactions to crisis tendencies
Test your knowledge on the implementation of the Fordist system which played a crucial role in stimulating demand for Ford's products in the postwar boom after 1945. This quiz covers the complex narrative behind the establishment of the Fordist system over nearly half a century.
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