As a result, they say, he never completed the promised transition from central planning to a market economy.

With central planning came more centralized authority over creative decision making.

"Creating rules without flexibility is just a version of central planning."

Someone in central planning came up with the makeup colors, and that's what we got.

Thompson's central planning can look good if you consider the California alternative.

"In a country that has been dominated by central planning and state control, he really stands out."

They also want more state investment in agriculture and an end to central planning.

He has been a Communist since 1949, his career largely in central planning.

To be sure, central planning has also had advantages for China's energy markets.

Also, the new choices are a welcome change from decades of Soviet central planning that paid little attention to people's needs.