When you take away the reason for someone to work harder, produce more, or make something better, it doesn't happen. Some people will be an exception to that, but for the (proven) most part, production actually goes down, quality goes down, and people are worse off. production increased during WWII, not because of government intervention, per se, but because manufacturing of some products were changed out to help the war effort. People had a purpose to work together. They were not forced. If a government takes over and tells you that you must do something for the common good, many will start to slack. It is human nature. As soon as you allow someone to be compensated for the work they do, that's when people will work harder and come up with better stuff to bring more home than their neighbor...just our nature. Socialism leads to Communism. Communism is evil.