My manager put up a message on the board in the break room saying that any horseplay caught on camera or otherwise will be written up . The next day the smartass coworker of our bunch taped one of the walkie talkie headsets to the bottom of his chair in his office . It took days for him to be caught but when he was , the write up was incredibly funny . <| sep |> Eh , I think libertarians often overplay the role of the ECP . Yes , there are information problems with central planning . Yes , prices play an important role in distributing information . But , is the problem really that large ? There are plenty of inefficiencies even in market systems . I think the larger problem with central planning is that it disincentivizes growth . Why would I save grain for next year ' s harvest if I , as an individual , don ' t make anything from doing so . Why would I improve my factories equipment if I , as an individual , won ' t gain anything from it . It wasn ' t as if the USSR went from extreme wealth to impoverishment . It went from impoverishment to impoverishment , while the much of the rest of the world moved forward .