The post-1932 leaders, on the other hand, had been brought up on a diet of Vajiravudhs official nationalism and their perceptions about the importance of the economy had been deeply influenced by the chaos wrought by the Great Depression and thus sought to reverse this situation and assert greater Thai control. While radical reforms to the country's economic structure, such as the plan for nationalization put forward by Pridi in 1933, were rejected, it was not long before the new administration began to take a leading role in organizing and developing the economy.