And perverse incentives exist within every human-made system, production quotas that led to piles of poor-quality parts or unwanted widgets in the USSR are an example, so is price gouging, exploiting truck drivers, or taking a deliberately longer route because the cost of gas is outweighed by the labor gains in capitalist economies is another. The good thing is that humanity has gotten pretty good at catching those and addressing them, as we have deepened out knowledge of complex systems.
And perverse incentives exist within every human-made system, production quotas that led to piles of poor-quality parts or unwanted widgets in the USSR are an example, so is price gouging, exploiting truck drivers, or taking a deliberately longer route because the cost of gas is outweighed by the labor gains in capitalist economies is another. The good thing is that humanity has gotten pretty good at catching those and addressing them, as we have deepened out knowledge of complex systems.