The Soviet Union's economic growth rate was greater than that of the USA throughout most of the C20th,[1] until at least the 1970s. Obviously, they were growing

The Soviet Union's economic growth rate was greater than that of the USA throughout most of the C20th,[1] until at least the 1970s. Obviously, they were growing from a very low base, and they arguably "ought" to have been growing much faster. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graph_of_Soviet_National_Income_Growth.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graph_of_Soviet_National_I...