I was just joking! . Cheers, Ken Hanly
PS> Thanks to Michael for the article. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
