Shaping A Better Future-If you've never watched on how Soviet planning came unstuck, I urge you to set aside 45 mins and do so.

Shaping A Better Future

If you've never watched
this excellent documentary
on how Soviet planning came unstuck,
I urge you to set aside 45 mins and do so.

It's from the BBC Pandora's Box series, made in the early 90s, so they were actually able to interview real-life Soviet planners inside Gosplan.

I challenge your jaw not to fall open as these guys struggle to set 25 million separate prices and plan everything from the number of bristles in toothbrushes to how far each taxi-driver can travel in a month.

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