It is well-established in various strands of historiography that the First World War was a formative phase in the evolution of the modern state. This article deals with the Danish case, in which the politics of neutrality made a previously unseen kind of economic regulation necessary. This led to a heated debate about the functions and role of the state, especially its role in economic life. On the one hand, the Social Liberals in government saw the great potential of economic regulations, and their experiences during the war confirmed their beliefs in the importance of a strong state in dealing with the problems of capitalism; on the other, liberals and conservatives began to voice strong criticism of this slide towards stronger state control. Hence different visions of the role of the state came to be the dividing line between Left and Right, and the ideologies of the liberal and conservative Right were redefined in direct opposition to socialism and economic regulation.

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第一次世界大战和管制国家

第一次世界大战是现代国家演变的形成阶段，这一点在各种历史编纂中都得到了很好的证实。本文涉及丹麦的案例，在该案例中，中立政治使得一种前所未有的经济监管成为必要。这引发了关于国家的功能和作用，特别是其在经济生活中的作用的激烈争论。一方面，政府中的社会自由主义者看到了经济监管的巨大潜力，他们在战争中的经历证实了他们对强大国家在处理资本主义问题方面的重要性的信念；另一方面，自由派和保守派开始强烈批评这种向加强国家控制的滑坡。因此，对国家作用的不同看法成为左派和右派之间的分界线，