Doesn't the Spanish Miracle disprove liberal theory that

Spain is a poor shithole compared to Germany though.

I think all European economies boomed in the years after the war irrespective of the particular ideology being held in each country. When there's room to grow, the country will grow. Today there is an excess of people (which means high unemployment), no sources of growth and nobody has a plan.

It's further proof actually. Franco's Spain was a poor backwater till he liberalized industry and trade. In the late 50s/early 60s Franco turned away from fascism and hired a bunch of neoliberals to fix the Spanish economy. It still wasn't what I'd call "capitalist", but it was steadily moving in that direction.

>>2160152

>Grind manufacturing to a halt and rely almost entirely on post-WW2 tourist money flooding the fucking entire continent
>Turn your entire nation into a tertiary, service-based industry that produces little and relies solely on its tourism
>Die and think you've done it, you've saved Spain
>By the 1980's all the vacation money has dried up and no one cares to really go to Spain in massive quantities anymore
>Nation has been convulsing to death ever since

The Spanish Miracle, like the previous examples of Fascist-lead economies before it, was a brief period of goodness before a long darkness.

>>2161312
>>Turn your entire nation into a tertiary, service-based industry that produces little and relies solely on its tourism
>>Die and think you've done it, you've saved Spain
>>By the 1980's all the vacation money has dried up and no one cares to really go to Spain in massive quantities anymore
Franco's Spain had 35% of the GDP in manufacturing and infusdry. You are confusing it with the Felipe Gonzalez Spain.

>>2160152
Being that Spain's economic situation did not see huge improvements until liberal technocrats were brought on board I would have to say no.

>>2161312
Loads of Irish and brits still go to Spain on holidays

My ass.

Let me explain. Franco instaured an autarchy, like Mussolini did before WW2, and it was a big failure. To the point that the second republic still had a greater PIB than the new regime until 1963.

So in 1959, the new economic experts, with CIA advisors, convinced Franco and the old guard to change the economic policy. And thats the point when Spain started to develope.

Just simply capitslism.

>>2160164
Yes

>>2161043
Yes

>>2161987
And in 2008 they lost it all again

>>2161312
Industry was dismantled in the 80's by socialists

>>2162722
this. Authoritarians like export economies.