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# Tuesday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/46711/
- Published: 2018-08-07T13:15:25.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-07T13:15:25.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Miscellaneous Rambling

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Great episode of Econtalk came out recently: [Frank Dikotter on Mao's Great Famine](http://www.econtalk.org/frank-dikotter-on-maos-great-famine/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). The idiocy and devilishness of central planning is on full display, from efforts to kill all the sparrows who are eating the grains (and thereby leading to a horrendous locust and other insect problem) to the 30 million estimated dead, it's interesting from beginning to end.

![misc-rambling-pic](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Misc-Rambling-Pic-300x225.jpg)

While listening to it, I kept thinking "Hayek's *Road to Serfdom*": when the central government disrupts the free market, it results in

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problems. The problems have to be squished, so the recalcitrant central government institutes further controls. The controls become increasingly harsh until everyone outside the ruling class becomes nothing more than serfs. I read the book while in high school. I need to go back and read it again.

![misc-rambling-pic](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Misc-Rambling-Pic-300x225.jpg)

Related to my quest to find the perfect group of days: [For maximum recharge, take Wednesday off](https://qz.com/quartzy/1342604/the-best-vacation-is-a-wednesday-off/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). "A Wednesday holiday interrupts the externally imposed pacer of work, and gives you a chance to rediscover your internal rhythms for a day. While a long weekend gives you a little more time on your own schedule, it doesn't actually disrupt the week's pacing power. A free Wednesday builds space on either side, and shifts the balance between your pace and work's–in your favor." I'm not sure I buy it, but it kinda rings true with me.