The East Asian Tigers being a major counterexample: https://hir.harvard.edu/the-east-asian-miracle-where-did-adam-smith-go-wrong/ https://hir.harvard.edu/the-e

The East Asian Tigers being a major counterexample: https://hir.harvard.edu/the-east-asian-miracle-where-did-adam-smith-go-wrong/ https://hir.harvard.edu/the-east-asian-miracle-where-did-ada... It's basically Ha-Joon Chang's whole deal- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Free_Trade_and_the_Secret_History_of_Capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Fr... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/hajoon-chang-protectionism-the-truth-is-on-a-10-bill-5334137.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/hajoon-c...