June 11, 2009 11:58AM 

# Planned Economy or Planned Destruction? 

By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) 

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That’s the question this 1934 *Chicago Tribune* cartoon [asked](http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-pod-1934-cartoon-pic,0,7114709.photo):

![webmail](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/webmail.jpg?itok=Zgf_1U8d) 

I suppose if a cartoonist were to update this for today, the horse and wagon would be replaced by a car manufactured by General Government Motors.

Hat Tip: Chris Edwards.

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