[Article] The tyranny of incompetence Adjust Share The profit drive slackens, business goes soft, and then what? By Joseph H. Spigelman, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Defense contracts Economic aspects Excess profits tax Industrial mobilization Industrial productivity Prices Profit United States World War II, 1939-1945 More from Joseph H. Spigelman The shift to the initiative Can science make sense? What are we afraid of? Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > May 1942 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close