he still has a valid point - no country has ever modernized through free markets. he never argued that protectionism is the key to success. in fact, after WWII

he still has a valid point - no country has ever modernized through free markets. he never argued that protectionism is the key to success. in fact, after WWII, not any country modernised itself after becoming a democracy. South Korea was in a military dictatorship, Singapore is run by a single family.