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           "It’satotalfallacy,"saidDr.Ferris."It’sastatementpromptedbyignorance.Everyexperthasconcededlongagothataplannedeconomyachievesthemaximumofproductiveefficiencyandthatcentralizationleadstosuper-industrialization."

           "Centralizationdestroystheblightofmonopoly,"saidBoyle.

           "How’sthatagain?"drawledKinnan.

           Boyledidnotcatchthetoneofmockery,andansweredearnestly,"Itdestroystheblightofmonopoly.Itleadstothedemocratizationofindustry.Itmakeseverythingavailabletoeverybody.Now,forinstance,atatimelikethis,whenthere’ssuchadesperateshortageofironore,isthereanysenseinmywastingmoney,laborandnationalresourcesonmakingold-fashionedsteel,whenthereexistsamuchbettermetalthatIcouldbemaking?Ametalthateverybodywants,butnobodycanget.Nowisthatgoodeconomicsorsoundsocialefficiencyordemocraticjustice?Whyshouldn’tIbeallowedtomanufacturethatmetalandwhyshouldn’tthepeoplegetitwhentheyneedit?

           Justbecauseoftheprivatemonopolyofoneselfishindividual?Shouldwesacrificeourrightstohispersonalinterests?"

           "Skipit,brother,"saidFredKinnan."I’vereaditallinthesamenewspapersyoudid."

           "Idon’tlikeyourattitude,"saidBoyle,inasuddentoneofrighteousness,withalookwhich,inabarroom,wouldhavesignifiedapreludetoafistfight.