I, Turkey Day

Neal Page: He say's we're going the wrong way
Del Griffith: Oh, he's drunk. How does he know where we're going?"
--Planes, Trains & Automobiles

In a holiday-inspired homage to Leonard Read's classic "I, Pencil," this article sketches the complexity behind the supply chain that brings us Thanksgiving dinner. No planner could put such a progression together--much less describe it accurately.

Another demonstration of the miracle of spontaneous order that occurs when people voluntarily cooperate through production and exchange.

Indeed, our founding ancestors learned this the hard way.