Comparing Clinton regime to Hitler regime

[Brad De Long]

>While Charles's "most rapid" ever characterization may be a bit hyperbolic,
>it's still way up there. And why is the Soviet Union always compared to
>Japan and/or the US? In comparison to other "underdeveloped" regions, the
>1929-73 period was pretty damned spectacular.
>
>Doug

Probably because there were lots of people at the end of World War II who
forecast "overtaking"--think of Paul Sweezy, or of Khrushchev's "we will be
there at your funeral".

The claim, after all, was always "this is the one true road to Utopia." It
was not "this is a slightly better development strategy than the one that
the Dictator Salazar is pursuing in Portugal."

Brad DeLong