Economic analysts have argued that the economy of the former Soviet Union actually represented an administered or command economy as opposed to a planned economy because planning did not play an operational role in the allocation of resources among productive units in the economy, since in actuality the main allocation mechanism was a system of command-and-control.
Analisis ekonomi menyatakan bahwa ekonomi Uni Soviet benar-benar mewakili ekonomi komando yang berlawanan dengan ekonomi terencana karena perencanaan tidak mendapat peran operasional dalam alokasi sumber daya di antara unit produksi dalam ekonomi; kenyataannya, mekanisme alokasi utamanya yaitu sistem perintah-dan-kontrol.