I freely admit that I am more of a Keynsian than not. Central planning and manipulation can provide longer stretches of better performance for more people.
Here in Switzerland we have less central planning but 'longer stretches of better performance for more people'.
'less' is just as much a centrally planned decision as anything, and often the best one. Particularly if one positions themselves to exploit a vacuum created by the rest of the world. Some Caribbean nations do the same thing I believe. But when the vacuum vanishes...