Government should set socially acceptable goals and then regulate the rules of the game to attain those goals or at least move towards them. Whether you call that planning is beside the point.
And, no, New Labour's obsession with "targets" is not it. That leads to micromanagement. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
You've deviated from the coffee-intake targets in your 5-year plan. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma