Open an economic niche and some creature will crawl into it. Tranquility is virtually non-existent. Many members of this price system society feel that they are living on the edge of a precipice. This is up from the hundreds that occurred during the 1950's. Teenage suicides have reached epidemic proportions and more Vietnam veterans have died by their own hand than died in the war.
Large corporations collapse suddenly with little warning.
Whole industries shudder and began shedding workers who have depended upon their employment for a lifetime. This is a society that is tearing itself apart. Technocracy Inc. has been stating for over 50 years that the impact of technological advance would be the destruction of the price system no matter what what the form of society. Rather than viewing this as a disaster Technocracy realizes that the human race has the opportunity to advance to a whole new level of social development. Technocracy is the only plan for the operation of a social system on a non-price basis and this is the only base upon which a new society can be built.