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Question on central planning

"Under central planning, some group ought to decide how to obtain the necessary inputs produced in the right amounts and delivered to the right places at the right time. It is a nearly impossible task without markets and profits." This quotation best identifies the: A) incentive problem under central planning. B) coordination problem under central planning. C) self-sufficiency dilemma under communism. D) resource overcommitment problem under communism.

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