Actually I think the Hayek-Mises critique of planning is quite easy to answer. The problem is not information. The problem is designing institutions which provide the incentives for technological improvements. Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/13/00 03:11PM >>> Lou says that market socialism is finished. If so, so is socialism, since the Hayek-Mises critique of planning remains without a credible answer on the left. -- Rod Hay [EMAIL PROTECTED] The History of Economic Thought Archive http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html Batoche Books http://Batoche.co-ltd.net/ 52 Eby Street South Kitchener, Ontario N2G 3L1 Canada