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Yes, tremendously easy with internationally coordinated central planning.
The US and Canada have a wealth of mineral and energy reserves, as does Australia, in addition to significant agricultural capacity.
Consumer goods would diminish (at least the short term, unrepairable gizmos that dominate consumerism) and there would need to be significant retraining away from bullshit jobs, but the progress of the USSR in 20 years - without 170 years of capital accumulation - is instructive.