CHAPTER VI

THE ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION AND SOCIALIZATION

SECTION 1

THE ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION

The “anchorage” of the Councils in the Constitution 236

Constitutional provisions relative to the Councils 244

Factory Workers Councils 248

The Trade Unions and the Councils 257

The Provisional Economic Council 263

SECTION 2

SOCIALIZATION

The problem of socialization 269

Collective economy 275

The regulation of the coal industry 280

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

The Constitution of August 11, 1919 (text) 297

The German Constitution