It seems much more likely that they were benefiting from the catch up factor, as...

ETH_start on July 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: “That Deep Romantic Chasm”: Libertarianism, Neolib...

It seems much more likely that they were benefiting from the catch up factor, as all the low-hanging fruit for raising productivity could be picked in the wake of a large scale roll back of communist restrictions that had been in place for 30 years.