Bhaskar Sunkara @sunraysunray · 29 Aug 2026
Hayek and Mises argued that central planning can’t work. But in his revisionist history of Soviet industrialization, Robert Allen argues that it can. Specifically, he points to three factors: high capital investment, soft budget constraints (which meant jobs for everyone),
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