ABSTRACT
We have already argued (Chapter XIV) that if there is to be any formal indicative planning which is at all comprehensive and adequate, then there must be some governmental control planning and that the resulting plans cannot be regarded as strict state secrets but must in large measure be revealed to the public. A modern government is such an important user and supplier of goods and services that it is pointless to assess future balances between total supplies and demands without estimating governmental supplies and demands; governmental controls (such as rates of taxation) are so pervasive and important in their effects that it is pointless to forecast how the private section of the economy will behave in the future without consideration of the way in which governmental controls are expected to move in the future.
