Hipshear would seek to grow economy Aug 1, 2008
"First and most importantly would be to try and create a pro growth economic environment in our state. Give our entire business community a chance to grow and prosper, and stop having our state trying to pick and choose winners. If that kind of central planning worked, the Soviet Union would still be here. Next would be finding ways to reduce governments intervention in our lives. Less government, more return of decision making to our local communities is what I feel is the best policy for... (Niles Star, MI)
You simply must adore Obama Jul 29, 2008
Secretly they know that Central Planning can t work, but they are too afraid of a process (free markets) they know nothing about. They would rather believe in a Messiah that can magically turn debt into riches like some no-money down program. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
CARROLL: Gore's nutty idea Jul 22, 2008
Not since World War II have we seen anything remotely comparable in terms of central planning. Stanley Lewandowski, the general manager of the Intermountain Rural Electric Association, is one of the few utility officials willing to suggest that the prophet of global warming is strutting about like an emperor without his clothes. (Rocky Mountain News)
Congress: Do As They Say Jul 19, 2008
It should be called the Central Planning and Potomac Manipulation Act of 2008. Rather than dealing with the supply side by increasing domestic production of carbon-based fuels, the political left wants to use taxpayers' money to meddle with the demand side. (Investors Business Daily)
Saving Mac and Mae Jul 17, 2008
As the eminent Austrian economist FAHayek wrote in 1944, opposition to central planning should not be confused with a dogmatic laissez-faire attitude. Rules, he argued, are never perfect, and should be adjusted to changing conditions. (The Australian)
China's anti-monopoly law commission in force Jul 16, 2008
Three government bodies - the commerce ministry, the central planning agency National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) - will enforce the law, according to the source close to the law - making process. The law decided upon an anti-monopoly committee directly under the State Council when passed last year but did not say who would enforce it. (Xinhuanet, China)
Cycle of life Jul 14, 2008
Through the three decades of Communist central planning, bicycles were encouraged as transport; buses were crammed and infrequent, taxis virtually unheard of. For the Beijing Olympics, the city is offering visitors 50,000 bicycles for rent, but many bike pathways in Beijing and Shanghai have been taken over by right-turn and bus-only lanes. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Chasing After Wind as Part of a Rational Energy Plan Jul 13, 2008
It's not as sexy as the captains of industry saving us or the simplicity of central planning, but unlike those solutions these steps will work. Greg Blankenship President Illinois Policy Institute Springfield, Ill. (Wall Street Journal)
Planet Obama, Voter ID Jul 13, 2008
Europe threw in with the central planning of the Kyoto Protocol and the contrast is instructive. Between 2000 and 2006, U.S. net greenhouse gas emissions fell 3. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
How Canada can feed world oil demand Jul 13, 2008
" {Because no-one's at all bothered about that Iraq business. Or Afghanistan, nor torture nor wiretapping nor GOP mismanagement of the economy nor ...} Mr. Mintz' thinking is indeed possessing a couple of stripped gears. He's thinking in 1980s terms about a problem that is of the twenty-first century. Economists who actually believe in market forces should be stumping to raise the price of oil by either increasing its scarcity or sticking an appropriate carbon tax on it. In fact, the majority of... (National Post)
Wanted: a political home for idealistic pragmatists Jul 8, 2008
But only right-wing commentators and museum-piece communists seriously think anyone really believes in socialist-style central planning any more. So who, exactly, are these libertarian lefties. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bicycles still thriving in China Jul 8, 2008
Through the three decades of Communist central planning, bicycles were encouraged as transport; buses were crammed and infrequent, taxis virtually unheard of. Shanghai Forever, Flying Pigeon and Phoenix bicycles were the Chevys and Buicks of those days. (AZCentral -- Business)
LETTERS: NCT, July 2, 2008 Jul 3, 2008
Ron wrote on Jul 2, 2008 8:55 AM:Ah, the wonders of Central Planning ... You guy's are looking in the wrong place, it is because Central Planning is a complete failure. (North County Times)
Chinas Olympic Freedom Belies Rigid Regime Jul 3, 2008
The magazine speaks of new and potent combinations of the most powerful political tools of authoritarian communism central planning, merciless repression, constant surveillance harnessed to advance market Stalinism. . (Newsmax)
Green response Jul 2, 2008
But a framework which sets a level of energy efficiency and then leaves the market to deliver the most competitive solution is very different from Soviet central planning. Lastly, to those who think it is a bit rich for a former chairman of Shell to make such suggestions, I would only say that I drove a hybrid when I was chairman of Shell, and Shell has for many years promoted energy and fuel efficiency. (BBC News -- Science)
China's Export Machine Threatened by Rising Costs Jul 1, 2008
In the 1970s, on the eve of China's jump from central planning to market-oriented reforms, the government opened two big sweater factories in Honghe, a section of Jiaxing City, a flat expanse of factory towns 70 miles southwest of Shanghai. As the reforms took off in the 1980s, those operations upgraded by importing spinning equipment from Japan and Germany. (Yahoo News -- Global Economy)
Banks still fail the poor, panel finds Jun 29, 2008
"It is not a matter of neglect, or irresponsibility, but of circumstances beyond their control. Yet the penalty fee is applied for each debit order item, so that a customer may face multiple penalties to add to the primary misfortune of getting paid late. "Customers with low incomes, with tight credit margins, can readily find themselves lacking sufficient funds without having any intention of defaulting on their payments or of breaching their undertakings to the bank," says the report. The... (Business Report, South Africa)
Commodity boom lifts Russia's iron belt to create nation's billionaires Jun 29, 2008
" Russia's abundant iron ore and natural gas reserves, plus easy access to transport links, makes it ideal for processing iron into higher-value pellets or hot-briquetted iron, according to Stephen Montague, the vice-president of US plant supplier Midrex Technologies. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Midrex, supplied the second hot-briquetting plant at Lebedinsky and would find out this summer whether its bid to supply the third had been successful. "Russia is the right place to make iron," says... (Business Report, South Africa)
Wilson Panel: A model of naive interventionism Jun 29, 2008
We view the Pigou approach as just another form of central planning dressed up in free market terminology. The National Post's sensational series on scientists who buck the conventional wisdom on climate science. (National Post)
REGION: State to roll out road map to green future Jun 24, 2008
Ron wrote on Jun 23, 2008 12:45 PM:This article just reeks of Central Planning. You know. (North County Times)
Forward Devils Lake director moving on Jun 21, 2008
Johnson had been at North Central Planning before taking the Forward Devils Lake job three years ago. She did well for us and we wish her well, said Johnson. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
Rudd's remedy: a dose of market democrats Jun 20, 2008
"But far more wasteful and chaotic are central planning and governments pretending to be good at running businesses in so-called mixed economies," he said. Fair societies could flourish in open, competitive economies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Open Border Conservatives Speak Out Jun 19, 2008
He argued that there are substantial economic motives for legalizing aliens and referred to border control as Soviet-style central planning. . (Townhall.com)
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Appoints Three Vice Presidents At Its Shipbuilding Sector Jun 16, 2008
He most recently served as director of Central Planning for the company's Newport News facility. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide. (Primezone Releases)
Wrestling the nanny state Jun 14, 2008
Hayek's central insight was that socialism must fail because it requires central planning, yet the world is too complex for planners to know enough to plan effectively. "I realised a decent society didn't have to be delivered by thuggish trade unions and centralised bureaucracy," says Saunders. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Encouraging Thrift Just Makes Cents Jun 12, 2008
Its the antithesis of the central planning that characterizes communism and socialism. Small wonder that the economist Friedrich Hayek wrote: I regard the preservation of what is known as the capitalist system, of the system of free markets and the private ownership of the means of production, as an essential condition of the very survival of mankind. (Townhall.com)
Environment: Carbon Garden Jun 11, 2008
It's unlike any that the environmental groups could ever achieve with the command-and-control, economy-choking central planning they're demanding. So the next time Gore, some other pandering politician or a dying-to-be-relevant Hollywood jester launches into a lecture on the evils of carbon dioxide, remember: Greenhouse gases have helped produce a greener Earth. (Investors Business Daily)
LETTERS: NCT, June 7, 2008 Jun 8, 2008
Ron wrote on Jun 7, 2008 1:32 PM:Ah, the wonders of Central Planning. eh, Glenn Carroll. (North County Times)
Hold the cheese: how planning laws are killing retail competition Jun 7, 2008
In the United States, where central planning is not such a feature of the retail sector, there are 3. 6 square metres of retail floor space per person. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
America's Native Criminal Class Jun 7, 2008
Lawmakers and their eco-activist comrades routinely engage in social experimentation and central planning akin to previous Great Leaps Forward and refuse to acknowledge the damage their actions inflict on businesses, workers, families and minorities. They have locked up enough oil, gas, coal and uranium to power the United States literally for centuries. (Townhall.com)
Health Reform: Leap Into The Past Jun 4, 2008
Rather than a step forward, the Massachusetts scheme is a leap backward toward greater central planning a government system that has failed to improve conditions in every instance it has been tried yet has a perfect record at trampling liberty. Meddling policymakers need to leave health care alone and let it solve its own problems. (Investors Business Daily)
LETTERS: NCT, May 31, 2008 Jun 1, 2008
"Oh, tell me as I drive past gas stations at more than $4.00 gas (getting 600 miles on my 12 gallon tank), or open my electric bill each month with nothing due, to see how much additional credits I have amassed this month.And, oh, the Prius is oh so passe. Many of us are looking to the new Aptera, locally produced in Carlsbad, on sale later this year, with the possibility of using no gasoline at all, and not caring if gas goes to $20 a gallon.This doesn't even begin to cover the recognition that... (North County Times)
Cuban doctors assist China's earthquake relief efforts May 29, 2008
Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL): Cuban doctors assist China's earthquake relief efforts. Add-On Core Code (Remove when not using any add-on's) document. (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
Yugo-nostalgiaCan Eurovision reunite the Balkans in nostalgia for old unity? May 24, 2008
There is plenty of Yugo-nostalgia around - and it is more than a longing for badly produced cars and central planning. Across the former republics people say how they miss the unity of the old country, its relative wealth, and how its place in the world meant that they could travel freely. (BBC News -- Europe)
An Earmark + K Street Lobbyist = Massive Federal Land Grab May 9, 2008
And federal bureaucrats love heritage areas because they allow them to get around little inconveniences to their central planning -- inconveniences such as local elected officials ... And federal bureaucrats love heritage areas because they allow them to get around little inconveniences to their central planning -- inconveniences such as local elected officials. (Townhall.com)
No candidate offers freedom May 4, 2008
Democracy is the belief that a free people, each making free choices daily, has a collective wisdom that supersedes central planning, which is no more than central coercion. Democracy is wrapped in freedom. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Econ 101 Election Watch: Presidents Shouldn’t Have ‘Plans’ Apr 16, 2008
However, in 1920 the renowned Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises published Socialism, in which he pointed out that central planning cannot result in a prosperous economy. One of his main points was that a planner cannot accumulate and process the information needed to allocate resources to their highest and best use. (Human Events Online)
Buildings Make Way For Progress Apr 10, 2008
Jim Woodrick, review and compliance officer for the department, informed the East Central Planning and Development District in a letter dated April 12, 2007, there was no legal obstacle barring the city s plans. It is our determination that the existing building, portions of which were apparently constructed in 1940, have lost sufficient integrity for National Register of Historic Places eligibility. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Announces Leadership Appointments to Navy Programs At Shipbuilding Sector Apr 9, 2008
As vice president of Navy programs, Mahler is responsible for all Navy work, including aircraft carrier design, construction, overhaul and fleet maintenance; submarine design, construction and fleet maintenance; Advanced SEAL Delivery System; Gulf Coast work-share efforts performed at Newport News; central planning; and integration activities. Mahler reports to Matt Mulherin, Shipbuilding sector vice president and general manager. (Primezone Releases)
Breath of a Nation Animated CO2 Map Apr 8, 2008
He mistakenly blames the invasion of Iraq and global warming for the crisis, choosing as a result of his cognitive dissonance to point at those two factors, instead of frankly understanding that it was misunderstanding about CO2, and an overeliance on central planning in the form of subsidies to the biofuel industry, that has precipitated this crisis ... an over[r]eliance on central planning delude the warmers bow to co2 and climate change is utterly kneejerk; the prerequisite kissing of the... (New York Times)
Turning head office into an activist centre Apr 7, 2008
The imperialist centre, with a large staff doing central planning and oversight, the argument goes, makes less sense in an era of fast-changing technologies and markets. Information technology and outsourcing have made many centralized support functions unnecessary. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Nikolai Baibakov, 97; was oil minister under Stalin Apr 4, 2008
In 1955, Mr. Baibakov was appointed head of Gosplan, the huge Soviet central planning agency that set production quotas and investment levels for industry and agriculture. In that job, he was expected to ensure that what was called "the worker's paradise" delivered on its economic promises. (Boston Globe)
Growth on steady course in two parishes Apr 2, 2008
"What we're seeing is slow, steady growth throughout the region," said Scott Leger, with the South Central Planning and Development agency, which serves St. Charles, St. John and St. James parishes. To some, that is good news. (Nola.com -- Sports)
The Fraser Institute: Canadians' Access to New Medicines Delayed or Blocked by Government Policies and Drug Plans Apr 2, 2008
The most economically rational way to ensure that everyone has adequate drug insurance coverage without unnecessarily delaying consumer access or restricting consumer choice through central planning is to introduce means-tested, publicly subsidized access to private insurance for prescription drugs. "Research suggests that private-payment health systems, which use a combination of private insurance and out-of-pocket spending, are better structured to encourage efficient demand for and supply of... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Reservoir Dogs Mar 29, 2008
When Ethics Get Marked to Market (Bear Stearns, J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, DuPont, Clear Channel) at SmartMoney. Sign up now for FREESmartMoney. (SmartMoney)
New wave of MLS owners Mar 28, 2008
When Seattle starts play next year, Carey plans to challenge the MLS central planning model by allowing supporters to have a say in team affairs ... Carey's plan to emulate the European club system might not catch on, but the fact he can propose it shows MLS is progressing beyond the central planning that has dominated the league's mind-set since 1996. (Boston Globe)
Governor David Paterson of New York: Super Liberal Mar 25, 2008
Paterson is also very tight with New York s Working Families Party which the Manhattan Institute s Sol Stein describes as promoters of 1960s bred agenda of anti-capitalism, central planning, victimology and government handouts to the poor ... Paterson is also very tight with New York s Working Families Party which the Manhattan Institute s Sol Stein describes as promoters of 1960s bred agenda of anti-capitalism, central planning, victimology and government handouts to the poor. (Human Events Online)
Safe Routes to School plan complete; projects to begin Mar 20, 2008
The study was written by Ann Schell, a planner with the West Central Planning Commission. Schell has also agreed to write the grant. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Chinas miracle Mar 20, 2008
China is not the only country that switched from central planning to a de facto market economy. The collapse of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s set the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe free as well. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
The System Is Broken Mar 18, 2008
Efficient Markets Can Value Assets. Ours Can't (Bear Stearns, J.P. Morgan) at SmartMoney. (SmartMoney)
State botches driver ID reform (2) Mar 15, 2008
The entire concept of centralizing the driver s license system smells of communist-style central planning. DMV officials are assuming that hundreds of local DMV employees cannot be trusted to check the veracity of applicants identification documents. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Myanmar biofuel effort raises doubts Mar 15, 2008
Others are less sure, saying the junta's plan to turn the country into a biofuel plantation producing physic nuts is yet another example of the ill-conceived central planning that has crippled a once promising economy. "Everybody can take part and it's good for the environment," Kyaw Sinnt said, standing next to a small patch of the sticklike shrubs in Pyaw Gan, a bamboo hut village typical of the parched region southwest of Mandalay. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Fair market must be transparent Mar 8, 2008
But as economist FA Hayek wrote in his 1944 essay The Road to Serfdom, opposition to central planning should not be confused with a dogmatic laissez faire attitude. For competition to work beneficially, a carefully thought-out legal framework is required. (The Australian)
More of this story Mar 1, 2008
In January, South Central Planning Development Commission began soliciting bids for operators of the new bus system that will connect St. James, St. John and St. Charles Parishes to New Orleans. The bids are due in March 4;We ve asked for proposals starting on or after June 1st, said Martha Cauzabon who is managing the RPTA account at South Central. (L Observateur, LA)
Still Castro's Cuba Feb 27, 2008
This means Cubans will continue to subsist on shockingly poor living standards imposed by Communist Party central planning. And dissidents who dare to criticize the Castro orthodoxy will face long prison sentences, if not firing squads. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
Economic insanity Feb 23, 2008
It's 2008, not 1931, but a lot of people still have inexplicable faith in government central planning. Too bad. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
The Rankin OSC outrage: Corcoran Feb 23, 2008
We view the Pigou approach as just another form of central planning dressed up in free market terminology. The National Post's sensational series on scientists who buck the conventional wisdom on climate science. (National Post)
April Ingle speaks about a recently passed state water plan. Feb 22, 2008
"Central planning went out with the Soviets," he added, addressing concerns that metro Atlanta may be wresting too much control from the rest of the state. Fischer said his committee planned to launch a Web site in the near future to provide a forum for both proponents and opponents of the plan to voice their opinions. (Clayton Tribune, GA)
Adios, Comandante Feb 20, 2008
Since then, Castro has moved to again tighten central planning of the Cuban economy and to limit Cubans' access to U.S. dollars and the Internet. In general, authoritarian states are only as stable as the hold on power of an individual leader or small ruling clique. (Slate)
The Devils Lake Development Authority is born Feb 14, 2008
Rick Anderson of North Central Planning moderated the meeting and offered his organization as the entity through which grants and funding might be pursued for meeting the authority s goals. (For a complete News story see the Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Journal) 02/13/08. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
Q&A: Volga tripRupert Wingfield-Hayes answers your questions about Russia Feb 13, 2008
You are absolutely right that Russia's poor road infrastructure is a legacy of communist central planning, which emphasised the development of railways and put little priority on roads. In the worker's paradise there was no real place for the private car, but those days are long gone and Russia is now taking to the road in a big way. (BBC News -- Europe)
* Weather crisis cranks up the rickety Chinese mining machine Feb 12, 2008
China's central planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that certain closed mines would be allowed to reopen to help meet demand. But the short-term emphasis on production glossed over the complexity of the coal situation and raised questions about whether the government was signaling that unsafe mines could be reopened. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China turns to economic controls Feb 11, 2008
Beijing's anti-inflation tactics highlight its continued reliance on the tools of communist central planning in an economy that depends on private business for its dynamism. Normally, prices for meat, vegetables, clothing and consumer goods are set by the thriving free market. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lee Kuan Yew: Asia's Growing Role In Financial Markets Feb 9, 2008
Deng Xiaoping launched China's "open door" policy in December 1978, discarding Soviet-style central planning in favor of a free-market approach. Since then China has achieved a stunning 9% or higher yearly growth rate 19 times. (Forbes)
As most of China celebrates new year, a scramble continues in coal country Feb 9, 2008
China's central planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that certain closed mines would be allowed to reopen to help meet demand. But the short-term emphasis on production glossed over the complexity of the coal situation and raised questions about whether the government was signaling that unsafe mines could now be reopened. (International Herald Tribune)
