Which of the following is the best comparison of Nazi and Communist economic policies?
A) Both systems adopted a policy of coordination in which the state led the economy but did not control it.
B) Both sought to rapidly expand the economy, but whereas the Communists eliminated private property, the Nazis left business in private hands but weakened private influence on the state.
C) Both sought to rapidly expand the economy, but whereas the Communists eliminated class conflict, the Nazis thought such competition was healthy.
D) The two systems differed only because the Germany was highly industrialized and the Soviet Union was not.
E) As totalitarianism regimes, both took total control of their economies.

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Both Nazi and Communist economic policies sought to rapidly expand the economy, but the key difference lies in the handling of private property. Communists eliminated private property while the Nazis left businesses in private hands but weakened private influence on the state. Both systems exercised state control over the economy, making them totalitarian, but the nature of that control differed.

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