I, Pencil: The Movie
I, Pencil · 3 HN recommendations
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A short film from the Competitive Enterprise Institute adapting Leonard Read's 1958 essay I, Pencil, showing how no one person knows how to make a pencil and how many people cooperate without central planning.
Why HN recommends it: HN recommends it as a quick video version of the classic essay on specialization and economic interdependence.
“It's really about specialization and the interdependency of everything in the economy” Read on HN ↗