It&#x27;s funny, because 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.  Hell, the US even had a protectionist economy from the founding revolution to the mid 20th century as part of the American School of economics.<p>It&#x27;s time to critically reevaluate these free trade policies and what they&#x27;re really doing, not what we&#x27;re told they&#x27;re supposed to do.