Stalin's economic policies were detrimental to the USSR in the long term, basing the argument on the time factor, Stalin's policies would eventually lead to the fall of the soviet union. Although in the short term it did lead to the rapid and unprecedented industrialisation of the soviet union, it also resulted in the deaths of many people and uncomfortable living conditions for many more people of Russia in the USSR, hence, despite these short term benefits, overall it was still detrimental to the USSR as a whole, and would eventually result in the collapse of it.