### Comment:
Countries like South Korea who has a comparable standard of living, wealth, and government (according to the Democracy Index) is a good example of tariffs thriving.  
  
 Although there are also many example of it failing.

### REPLY:
It's easy when you are a tightly controlled and brutally oppressive (of workers and unions) corporatist  oligopoly. 
  
 http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=14440

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