Twen cen communists failed by trying to pick winners. It proved impossible for central planners to, for example, determine exactly how many meters of type 2 cop

Twen cen communists failed by trying to pick winners. It proved impossible for central planners to, for example, determine exactly how many meters of type 2 copper pipe to manufacture. They would end up in absurd traps like not being able to expand copper pipe production because of a shortage of copper wire. That is nothing like giving people €1000 and letting them decide how much if any copper products to buy.