At the end of the path where the state provides jobs and sets prices, Stalin awaits.
Friedrich Hayek issued extreme warnings against the argument that state intervention (Keynesianism) should be increased during economic downturns.
1. The Downward Path to Totalitarianism
The extent of economic control is directly linked to freedom. Once the state enters the 'planning' phase, determining where to invest and allocate resources, the personal liberties of dissenters are inevitably suppressed. It is no mere coincidence that the Nazis (National Socialist German Workers' Party) and the Soviet Union descended into the same hell.