I think there are a lot more variables in play than a simple boolean of whether or not the economy was centrally planned that explain the past 100 years of thes

I think there are a lot more variables in play than a simple boolean of whether or not the economy was centrally planned that explain the past 100 years of these countries. These comparisons always strike me as contrived because they aren't perfect experiments of A US government in one universe compared to a US government in another where the only variable you've changed is the economic system. It's a comparison of the US versus Russia and India, like comparing apples to oranges and grapes.