>Justin, I haven't read those books that you mention
>but I will make it a point to do so. I am wondering
>if some sort of toyotaism (well, the "just in time",
>computerized, and "production on demand" aspects of
>it) would make such highly centralized planning
>obsolete in many cases. I will admit how that (or
>"centralized planning") would work with, say,
>agricultural products, seems problematic to me.
>
>
I am not sure how you mean, how JIT could make centarlized planning
obsolete. It was obsolete to start with.
jks
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