[dynachrome]

Question 26: What is Directive 10-289 and what are its effects on the economy?

Answer: Directive 10-289 is an emergency order issued by Wesley Mouch that attempts to freeze the economy in place. Its provisions include: no worker may leave their current job; no employer may discharge any employee; no business may close or relocate; no new business may be opened; no new products may be invented or manufactured without government approval; all patents and copyrights are to be transferred to the government; all wages, prices, and profits are frozen at their current levels; and all citizens must spend the same amount of money as they spent in the previous year. The stated purpose is to stabilize an economy in freefall by forbidding the movements that constitute freefall. The actual effect is to guarantee that no adaptation to circumstances is possible.

[omni-scientist]

What I find interesting is that what is happening in California and NYC is beginning to look like Atlas Shrugged on a smaller scale. Does it grow bigger?

And yes, I have read the book, many years ago.

[Noumenon]

Directive 10-289: Coming soon in California.