Let’s get out definitions straight - nomen est after all omen!
Central planning in this context means that the state by using its police and army will hinder free people from trying to satisfy market demand as expressed by price.
Instead a committee appointed by politicians would decide what should be produced and at what price it should be sold.
That a company plans the best they can to satisfy demand is not what we mean when we say _central_ planning
Central planning in this context means that the state by using its police and army will hinder free people from trying to satisfy market demand as expressed by price.
Instead a committee appointed by politicians would decide what should be produced and at what price it should be sold.
That a company plans the best they can to satisfy demand is not what we mean when we say _central_ planning