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Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the __nvisible hand_ of the market. When the plan was formulated in tons of steel sheet, the sheet was made too heavy. When it was formulated in terms of area of steel sheet, the sheet was made too thin. When the plan for chandeliers was made in tons, they were so heavy, they could hardly hang from ceilings.

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Daron Acemoglu

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty