command and control
Noun
Meaning
(military, law enforcement) The management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.
(economics, politics) The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means.
command-and-control economy
Examples
In a military operation, the command and control elements are a legitimate target.
To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic.
To operate an intelligence network against the Islamist terror is terribly difficult because they don't have a central command and control center such as we would understand. Therefore you cannot penetrate at the top and find out what will happen on the ground.
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
You've got Washington picking winners and losers. And so, all of a sudden, decisions are being made on what helps politicians, not what helps the economy. Some will call it socialism. Some will call it a command and control economy. Whatever it is, it's antithetical to the American experience.