You Can’t Run an Economy with Spreadsheets

Tags: Calculation and Knowledge, Production Theory

08/22/2014 Nicolás Cachanosky

An economy cannot be successfully planned with computers and technicians. Mises and Hayek proved this decades ago, writes Nicolás Cachanosky. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Allan Davis.

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