On: Why Socialism? (1949)

[hx8]

I think food in general is a terrible example of the efficiency in the free market. Nearly 40% of all food in the US is wasted. The evolutionary pressure of the free market values high availability over efficient use of resources.

[codeulike → hx8]

Good point but it might be possible that the most optimial system does include some food wastage because that has to be balanced against all the other factors

[hx8 → codeulike]

I agree, all systems need some slack.