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After WW2 the food intake was 1200 calories/day in Europe, and 3300 in the USA.
After the Marshall help from us the economy in the western Europe raised very fast and the available food was soon equal to USA.
But! In the dictatorships ( socialist countries ) there was no rise in welfare until Soviet Union collapsed.
Lesson:
All the "developing" countries in the Middle East and Africa will never reach a decent living standard until they become free countries with free elections.
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