tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849862186186177577.post6502845728819361041..comments2023-07-29T00:49:34.595-07:00Comments on Liberty and Life: Central Planning Doesn't WorkBob Qathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067651103341111702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849862186186177577.post-58753143519232130682009-07-18T13:51:23.142-07:002009-07-18T13:51:23.142-07:00A relative of mine was a Central Economic Planner ...A relative of mine was a Central Economic Planner in the Communist Government of what is now the Czech Republic. On a recent visit to Prague, he described to me the utter futility of his study of western free-markets and being unable to convince others to implement beneficial aspects. He cited, for example, being unable to institute manufacturing quotas based on realistic expectations of efficiency. He was forbidden to publish any suggestion other than to plan all output to come from 100% efficient operations .... because to think that anything other than perfection was OK was unacceptable. To have done so was not only career threatening but possibly life threatening.Clipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183587966873251780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4849862186186177577.post-91706145654889188122009-07-16T03:27:01.534-07:002009-07-16T03:27:01.534-07:00B-b-but...
Central planning worked so well in the...B-b-but...<br /><br />Central planning worked <b><i>so well</i></b> in the peoples' paradise of the Soviet Union! Surely it can work here in Obamica!<br /><br /> - Merkin SwiverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com