In a post a second ago on this thread, I refered to GDP growth under Stalin's "build factories or I'll shoot you" economic policy.
The USSR in the years under Stalin's reign had an estimated GDP growth of 300% in 30 years (I'm going by stats cited in the Russian business magazine Kommersant), even taking into accountthe ravages caused to agriculture by forced collectivization, destruction of 40% of the USSR's productive capacity by the Nazis, and an additional shock brought about by moving from a wartime policy in 1945-1946.
Are there any historical parallels to this rate of growth?
Chris Doss The Russia Journal