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Re:Software engineering research questions by bstpierre on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @06:51AM (#32660540)
The alternative doesn’t need to be central planning

You could even make an argument that some of the current US problems are caused by central planning, for example in the form of tax code based incentives or major spending packages

Another separate (but related in some ways) argument is that many companies and individuals can externalize their costs, and this distorts markets

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Re:Software engineering research questions by WalterBright on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @09:38PM (#32670758)
The market-based solution to externalized costs is to tax them. For example, taxing the carbon content of fuels.
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