&gt; Corporations are central planning. Just on a smaller scale.<p>No, they&#x27;re not. Corporations plan their production and allocate their resources based on market information within their industry in an attempt to capitalize on the market signals they observe.<p>Central planning is a process by which a central government attempts to control and direct the output of a nation&#x27;s economy by deciding what to produce and when, ignoring market signals.<p>These are vastly different concepts.