If we "fill-in" the blank w/ "regulate the value of the dollar" then the answer's yes. With that other stuff it isn't "no", it's "hell no!".
Point well taken.
Perhaps I should have phrased it differently.
To put it another way; can the government CONSTITUTIONALLY centrally plan and control the (fill-in-the-blank, economy, health care delivery, education, society, or rights) better than the market for fill-in-the-blank, economy, health care delivery, education, society, or rights?