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Apocryphon
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Why is China smashing its tech industry?
And at least back then you could point to statistical trends indicating that American poverty, income inequality, and standard of living were all trending in a desirable trajectory.
Also, the moon landing.
dash2
on Aug 2, 2021
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Yes, but it was also a time when Paul Samuelson and other economists predicted that the USSR would overtake US GDP by 1984:
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/so...
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Also, the moon landing.