▁the ▁trans itional ▁society ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁the ▁simplest ▁and ▁most ▁abstract ▁categories ▁of ▁" p ure " ▁and ▁fully ▁developed ▁social ist ▁society ." ▁Other ▁critics ▁think ▁the ▁problem ▁is ▁rather ▁different : ▁it ▁is ▁that ▁almost ▁all ▁Marx ists ▁have ▁created ▁a ▁theoretical ▁dich ot omy ▁between ▁" market ▁economy " ▁and ▁" pl anned ▁economy ", ▁suggesting ▁that ▁either ▁there ▁is ▁market ▁an archy , ▁or ▁else ▁a ▁planned , ▁non - market ▁economy . ▁In ▁the ▁real ▁world , ▁such ▁a ▁dich ot omy ▁rarely ▁exists — al most ▁all ▁econom ists ▁agree ▁that ▁planning ▁and ▁mark ets ▁are ▁compatible ; ▁in ▁fact ▁they ▁usually ▁depend ▁on ▁each ▁other . ▁According ▁to ▁Peter ▁Fr ase , ▁" The ▁Market ▁has ▁been ▁so ▁myst ified ▁by ▁its ▁apolog ists ▁that ▁we ▁no ▁longer ▁recognize ▁a ▁planned ▁economy ▁when ▁we ▁see ▁it ." ▁ ▁Che ▁G ue var a ▁In ▁social ist ▁Cuba , ▁Che ▁G ue var a ▁adopted ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁if ▁more ▁resources ▁were ▁directly ▁allocated ▁to ▁satisfy ▁human ▁needs , ▁instead ▁of ▁commer cially ▁supplied , ▁a ▁better ▁life ▁for ▁people ▁would ▁result . ▁G ue var a ▁organ ised ▁an ▁interesting ▁conference ▁at ▁which ▁the ▁theoretical ▁issues ▁were ▁deb ated . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁Cuba ▁benef ited ▁from ▁pl ent iful ▁subs id ies ▁by ▁Eastern ▁b loc ▁countries , ▁princip ally ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁which ▁compens ated ▁for ▁the ▁US ▁trade ▁boy c ott ▁against ▁Cuba . ▁However , ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Government