Better than politicians.
Every nation that has had a centrally-controlled command-style economic system has failed. Every single one. I constantly point out the last hundred years of history. You, Bowser, and others have to deliberately suppress that to keep your worldview in place.
Japan. North and South Korea. East and West Germany. Cuba. Taiwan. Hong Kong vs. China. The Soviet Union. Eastern and Western Europe. Zimbambwe. Venezuela.
The list is extensive.
If you think we should be running our country like Hugo Chavez is trying to run his, the burden of proof is on you.