...we define the essence of planning as the contrived co-ordination co-ordination of economic activity by means of a centralized initiative

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface III
3. Contributors V
4. Contents VI
5. Introduction VIII
6. Part 1. Economic Planning in a Democratic Society?
7. In no country where private enterprise is dominant could central planning be successful without a close and trustful co-operation between government, private enterprise and all interests concerned 3
8. Planning of the development council type is consistent with the principles of a free enterprise economy. Planning of the planning commission type is necessarily at variance with free enterprise principles 7
9. Private implementation of the Plan (in France) involves, or at least threatens to involve, co-operative arrangements among rivals which would be at odds with American tradition 17
10. Part 2. The Nature of Economic Planning
11. Planning is not good industrial relations. The search for better industrial relations is not any the less important an economic technique. But it is a different technique 26
12. ...we define the essence of planning as the contrived co-ordination co-ordination of economic activity by means of a centralized initiative 30
13. Planning of the type currently practised in some countries might even retard economic growth . ... 36
14. The basic ideas of economic planning nowadays are integration and co-ordination rather than planning as such. 39
15. In many aspects the economic activities of a nation may be pursued in much the same way that businesses are operated. 41
16. There are two kinds of economic planning. One sort is the planning of final demands and the other sort is the planning of total output 49
17. Part 3. What Kind of Planning for Canada?
18. What can we learn that is of relevance for Canada from the experience of other democratic, industrially advanced nations which have established some form of economic planning organization? 54
19. Planning a foreign-controlled economy with a federal constitution is a challenge that can be met only after a drastic revolution has taken place in the minds of the people 56
20. We have accepted from Europe the lesson that planning need not imply any antithesis between socialism and free enterprise. 65
21. Let us at all cost steer clear of the kind of regimentation associated with the centrally directed and planned economy 69
22. Effective economic planning is more likely to be handicapped in the future by deeply ingrained prejudices about what governments should or should not do than by our inability to determine what correct economic policy should be 71
23. No nation can fill the needs of its people and meet its commitments to the world in the twentieth century unless it develops democratic economic planning as a nation 75
24. Whether we like it or not our planning must recognize the interests of others, particularly the investors abroad who own so much of our industry .... 78
25. Selected Bibliography 82
26. Board of Directors 87
27. C.I.P.A. Publications 88