It could certainly poke holes in a straw man argument.
Mises didn't say a planned economy could produce nothing, but that it would lead to irrational and inefficient use of resources.
USSR military and overall production and eventual collapse demonstrates his argument pretty well.
You can also see that US military spending is another example of irrational and inefficient use of resources allowed by central planning rather than market forces.
Mises didn't say a planned economy could produce nothing, but that it would lead to irrational and inefficient use of resources.
USSR military and overall production and eventual collapse demonstrates his argument pretty well.
You can also see that US military spending is another example of irrational and inefficient use of resources allowed by central planning rather than market forces.