To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.

I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.

Those of us who lived under communism for most of our lives were looking toward the Western world because of its values, emphasis on democracy, individual liberties and freedom, and economic prosperity.

That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.