robbo203 wrote:I don’t think

December 2025 Forums General discussion Are crises caused by overproduction? robbo203 wrote:I don’t think

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robbo203 wrote:
I don’t think “anarchy of production” per se is the ultimate cause of crises. After  all,  unless you are an advocate of society-wide central planning in which the totality of inputs and outputs are consciously coordinated in an apriori sense within a single vast plan –  an absurd idea – then socialism too will be based too an an extent  on an “anarchic”, self regulating or spontaneously ordered system of production involving the mutual adjustment  of a multitude of plans to each other. Actually , there is no other way in which a large scale complex system of production can be run..

Nice point Robin. I guess you should the proviso ‘profit motive’ should be added to avoid this possible confusion.