The Soviet Union and the World Economy

The imposing successes of the Soviet people in economic, scientific and cultural development and in their economic competition with capitalism, have placed the USSR in the forefront in the world economy. The USSR has advanced far ahead in its task of overtaking and outstripping the per capita production of the most developed capitalist countries. Today, the USSR is economically the world's second power. Nor is the time far distant when, following the path charted by the Party Program adopted at the 22nd Congress, the country will assume first place in the world in its economical development.