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Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian central planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or a better life for the people.
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11 editions · 3 languages- Audiobook · English · 2018Blackstone Audiobooks · 1 pages · 9781538552865
- Paperback · English · 2017Devlet Gibi GörmekVersus · 9789944989602
- Paperback · English · 1999Yale University Press · 464 pages · 9780300078152
- Other · English · 2020Yale University Press · 462 pages · 9780300252989
- Other · English · 2020Yale University Press · 464 pages · 9780300246759
- Other · English · 2018Blackstone Audiobooks · 1 pages · 9781538552872
Central planningSocial engineeringSocial aspects of Central planningSocial aspectsAuthoritarianismLong Now Manual for CivilizationEconomic assistance, domesticSocial problems