here ill show original source

as its unclear

https://fee.org/articles/comparing-the-economic-growth-of-east-germany-to-west-germany-a-history-lesson/

damn original book in behind pay wall of some sort

"prior to world war 2"

those numbers you posted

were garbage

mentioned in link I provided

soviet government provided garbage numbers for estimates

the numbers i posted aren't the official estimates

here are the facts june

they were derived from national accounting done by german economists in the 2000's iirc

Here are the facts june

east germany went from being ahead of west germany immediately after the war

to 30 percent of it and backwards

it wasn't ahead *after* the war

the stats you are showing are showing it was ahead before the war

I already provided source on that

you provided a source that shows it was ahead before the war not after

The stats I provided were soviet stats

jesus man this is getting sad

here ill post it again

In 1946, the Soviet zone had a slight total factor productivity lead

wartime industrialization had contributed more to the eastern economy, and the destruction caused by the war was lighter than in the west.[4] However, by 1948 the western zones had become more prosperous.[4]

Ritschl, A.; Vonyo, T. (17 April 2014). "The roots of economic failure: what explains East Germany's falling behind between 1945 and 1950?". European Review of Economic History. 18 (2): 166–184. doi:10.1093/ereh/heu004.

https://academic.oup.com/ereh/article-abstract/18/2/166/405398?redirectedFrom=fulltext

I mean

Abstract
The relative decline of the East German economy after 1945 has eluded researchers, as several large shocks appeared to have hit it at the same time. In this paper, we revisit the immediate post-war period in both parts of Germany to obtain a more comprehensive picture of the output and productivity shocks operating in both economies. Our principal finding is that the dismantling of the capital stock alone cannot explain the inferior performance of the East German economy. The collapse of output after the war and the ensuing recovery in both parts of the country were driven by total factor productivity; changes in factor endowments were of second-order significance. West Germany began to lead East Germany in industrial labor productivity well before the economic reforms of 1948 could make their mark. The major factor contributing to this early divergence were disproportions in industrial structure caused by the division of Germany.

As someone who comes from Eastern Europe

East germany started out with a lead

the idea that commie economy was just as good as Westernfag economy is just laughable tbh

and ended up a fraction of west germanys economy

and east germany was the most productive part of the soviet bloc

total factor productivity isn't gdp

It goes against literally all that I have seen through my life

it's reality denial

might as well call the earth flat

i mean i never said it was just as good

and the west doesn't represent most of capitalism either

well it kind of does actually