Expert Urges Gov't to Rethink Economic Role

There is no place for outdated, broken economic goal-setting conducted by governments in today’s world.
This was stated by Hossein Haqgou, an economic analyst, in a write-up for the Persian-language daily Ta’adol. A translation of the text follows:
From what position do the government officials speak of an increase in output, or exports of a product from chicken and steel to air-conditioner every now and then? That is an oft-asked yet unsettled question about the position of government in our economy.