Perspective, vision and planning

All those who reached mental adulthood before the regime change, and graduated from the university of economic sciences often still receive the word 'planning' with slight aversion. They learnt so much about three and five-year plans for the national economy, (not) meeting them, or about glorious over-fulfilment dedicated to one of the party congresses, that macro or mezzo-level planning may evoke unpleasant memories in them.