From Lathes to LoomsFor more than three decades, all manner of critics of socialist states non socialists and socialists alike have excoriated one of the most unfortunate consequences of the Stalinist style command economy: its proclivity to favor heavy industry over other economic sectors. Ironically, these systems set up in the name of "the people's" interest shortchanged their constituents' livelihood, as factories and foundries spewed out an endless stream of