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In reality the level of state coordination is quite high in many countries normally considered free markets.

The amount (edit: percent) of GDP directly allocated by the Federal and State governments in the U.S. is greater than it ever was in the Soviet Union or China.

I did some fact checking. As per www.imf.org:

US General government total expenditure as Percent of GDP - %35.2 (2016)

China General government total expenditure as Percent of GDP - %31.9 (2016)

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