[PEN-L:28676] Re: Re: The need for planning

["ken hanly" <khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was just joking! .

Cheers, Ken Hanly

PS> Thanks to Michael for the article.

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 9:12 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:28664] Re: The need for planning


> I accidentally erased Justin's post.  It has not appeared on the archives.
> Lou should not have ridiculed Justin's post.
>
> We have been over and over the question of whether market socialism gives
> more variety of consumer goods.
>
> Quality of consumer goods is a minor reason to want socialism.
>
> Capitalism probably produces more variety than capitalism.  If you want
> variety, why bother with socialism?
>
> Of course, some of this variety is meaningless.  We have also discussed
> how markets (say, tv or radio) limit variety.
>
> The Soviet Union is not a fair test of planning.  We have been over that
> before.  The threat from the Cold War was a lot more serious than the
> terrorist threat to the US.  Look how the post 9-11 policies have screwed
> up the economy.
>
>
>  --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
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