Can I suggest that when looking for the sweet spot on the centralisation—decentralisation continuum a good place to start would be Arnold Plant (1937), 'Centralize or Decentralize?', in Arnold Plant (ed.), Some "Modern Business Problems: A Series of Studies" (pp. 3-33), London: Longmans, Green and Co.
A casual reading of this article suggests that communism failed primarily because of technological problems with centralisation. What about the lack of incentives to develop new products that consumers actually want? What also of the consequences of power being given to zealots? Convinced that they are right, communist regimes unsurprisingly confiscate property (ill-gotten gains?), leading to resistance from the owners of that property, leading to their mass murder by the regime. Convinced that they are right, communist regimes are also unsurprisingly intolerant of dissent, leading to its criminalisation, and therefore suppression of feedback, and therefore persistence with policies and leaders that do not work. Of course, communism has no monopoly on zealotry and authoritarian government, but the consequences of that combination are always adverse: just look at Iran.
Can I suggest that when looking for the sweet spot on the centralisation—decentralisation continuum a good place to start would be Arnold Plant (1937), 'Centralize or Decentralize?', in Arnold Plant (ed.), Some "Modern Business Problems: A Series of Studies" (pp. 3-33), London: Longmans, Green and Co.
A casual reading of this article suggests that communism failed primarily because of technological problems with centralisation. What about the lack of incentives to develop new products that consumers actually want? What also of the consequences of power being given to zealots? Convinced that they are right, communist regimes unsurprisingly confiscate property (ill-gotten gains?), leading to resistance from the owners of that property, leading to their mass murder by the regime. Convinced that they are right, communist regimes are also unsurprisingly intolerant of dissent, leading to its criminalisation, and therefore suppression of feedback, and therefore persistence with policies and leaders that do not work. Of course, communism has no monopoly on zealotry and authoritarian government, but the consequences of that combination are always adverse: just look at Iran.