&gt; ...all of the countries which have done extremely well (China, Brazil) have protectionist economies while the countries that have stagnated or suffered (US, EU) have fervently implemented free trade policies....Empirically, countries that have not put all of their eggs in the proverbial free trade basket have been much more prosperous than those that have.<p>Are you saying that Brazil and China are wealthier than the US and EU?<p>I also think that this is a curious way to describe China&#x27;s recent history in going from Mao to Deng...