>
> Central planning is very good at big, well-defined projects. It's not very
> good at distributing the end product.
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>
> --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com> wrote:
> > And wasn't much of this innovation (flying autos,
> > notwithstanding) actually
> > achieved under the Soviet regime? For instance, Soviet
> > war-time production
> > and innovation, among other things, was pretty goddamn
> > impressive: the T-34
> > and Il-2 were the best and most important weapons of their
> > kind; designed,
> > tested, and produced under incredible circumstances. Sure
> > the Manhattan
> > Project was a wonder, but as we know now, it didn't do
> > much to end the war.
> > And the Soviet space program was pretty cool, too, among
> > other things.
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