Planning For Freedom The term "planning" is mostly · t,;sed as a synonym for socialism, communism, and authoritarian and totalitarian economic man agement. Sometimes only the German pattern of socialism - Zwangswirtschaft - is called planning, while the term social ism proper is reserved for the Russian pattern of outright so cialization and bureaucratic op eration of all plants, shops, and farms. At any rate, planning in this sense means allround plan ning by the...