The attempt to shut down the economy in October 1972 not only failed; it also shone a floodlight on the sheer scale of the redundancy (in terms of unnecessary equipment and so on) a supposedly 'efficient', competition-based economy needs, just to that its players can compete with each other.
re: a trucking strike in October 73, funded by US govt
I think about this a lot ... the amount of redundancy is so wasteful, esp in tech (think of all the competing apps like Uber/Lyft and shit that have to develop the same tech independently cus they're trying to "compete")