Comparing countries before and after ignores the effects of technological development.
Yes, but technological development is usually global, and thus is much easier to exclude from the analysis than being a completely different country with completely different circumstances. Comparing the US to cuba is bafflingly insane, nothing about their circumstances are similar. It is not fair to expect them to be competitive with eachother on any front.
Looking across all nations, my sense is that the difference between these different economic systems is not particularly obvious at a glance. However, I would love to see a more rigorous analysis along these lines if anyone has one.
The last time something like china happened where one of the poorest countries in the world became a superpower was the soviet union, the time before that… it never happened before that.
The closest thing to something like that is the US itself, historically.
Marxist leninism has been an undeniable economic success. It’s human rights where things get fucked, and even then, often lessso than in capitalist nations, but human rights are separate to economic policy.
Being a superpower isn’t the same as improving the well-being of your citizens. And I personally don’t agree that China is a superpower yet, though they are obviously moving in that direction.
But even if that was true and valid I would like to see a rigorous and complete analysis, not anecdotes. Surely someone has done something like this.
Yes, but technological development is usually global, and thus is much easier to exclude from the analysis than being a completely different country with completely different circumstances. Comparing the US to cuba is bafflingly insane, nothing about their circumstances are similar. It is not fair to expect them to be competitive with eachother on any front.
The last time something like china happened where one of the poorest countries in the world became a superpower was the soviet union, the time before that… it never happened before that.
The closest thing to something like that is the US itself, historically.
Marxist leninism has been an undeniable economic success. It’s human rights where things get fucked, and even then, often lessso than in capitalist nations, but human rights are separate to economic policy.
Being a superpower isn’t the same as improving the well-being of your citizens. And I personally don’t agree that China is a superpower yet, though they are obviously moving in that direction.
But even if that was true and valid I would like to see a rigorous and complete analysis, not anecdotes. Surely someone has done something like this.