> such that that claim is even coherent, much less accurate I don't know where you're getting this idea. There are coherent and accurate ways to measure how li

> such that that claim is even coherent, much less accurate I don't know where you're getting this idea. There are coherent and accurate ways to measure how liberalized an economy is. > standard of living measurements tend to be optimized for particular economic structures They are optimized for measuring human welfare, through measures like access to and quality of food, healthcare, education, life expectancy, incidence of disease, cost of goods and services, infrastructure, etc. That they empirically end up favoring economic liberalism speaks to the effectiveness of the latter. > not comparable across significantly different economic systems without problems How so? If the very same country historically fares better under periods of economic liberalism, and worse under periods of economic authoritarianism, how is that not a valid data point for the effectiveness of economic liberalism versus authoritarianism?