That's not exactly a fair representation of the recent work. It seems to be more that because people aren't very discerning, they often demand things which are

That's not exactly a fair representation of the recent work. It seems to be more that because people aren't very discerning, they often demand things which are bad for them. The real mystery to me is why this was ever considered a bad thing, shouldn't the market reward competent participants at every level (including consumers)? Say what you will, but before we introduced so much planning, the market worked just fine for most people, at the expense of some people; now it's been hobbled and it works poorly for nearly everyone, to the immense benefit of cronies and the bureaucrats who receive such generous donations for exercising the new control in their favour.