Re: soviet economists

2002-09-26 Thread Kevin Carson
So Gosplan economists independently discovered Mises' "rational calculation" problem? That's almost as amazing as Comrade Stalin inventing the airplane! >From: john hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: sov

soviet economists

2002-09-26 Thread john hull
Howdy, Here's an interesting quote on one of the diffuculties of a planned economy, from Robert Conquest's "Reflections on a Ravaged Century," W.W. Norton, 2000, pg 102-103: "Soviet economists, as soon as they got the chance, pointed out that the problem of setting pric