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Replying to @MostlyDev @Plinz
I'm concerned about - short term issues around making rent - short term issues around necessities I know there are deeper supply issues that will become more prominent over time and this is not sustainable indefinitely, and that the second derivative to costs is positive :/
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Replying to @eigenrobot @MostlyDev
What may happen is that capitalism is effectively suspended for a few months, and replaced by a planned economy, in which basic necessities are being produced and distributed with disregard for the normal paradigm of money as debt.
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How do I explain this to a libertarian? There is no physical law that forces us to be organized by markets. We only do that because it autoregulates supply, demand and innovation to some degree. You can also operate like an army, with centralized planning, control and allocation.
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You say, as you know a planned economy is less efficient than a free market economy and there are risks with imperfect information, yet such a mode of production and distribution is physically possible, ...
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and perhaps desirable if we choose to value protecting life and trust in our health care systems (and perhaps civil society) during a pandemic of this nature.
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I just point out that if the economy crashes during the crisis, or if the normal supply lines are too slow to adapt, we will of course suspend markets and allocate resources directly.
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