[ktothemc]

Central planning of the US economy & powerful big government (1930s & beyond) was a Progressive Era initiated reaction to the era of robber barons & crony capitalism (1870s-1910s).

[williamcotton]

The U.S. had plenty of centralized planning in the form of protectionism well before the 20th century.

[vezzy-fnord]

Correct. The United States was strongly mercantilist throughout the 19th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_%28economics%2...