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The gradual change of England from a weakly mercantilistic state at the time Adam Smith wrote his book to almost pure free trade by 1850 is one of the great examples of the triumph of ideas in history. It is, of course, true that England was already much freer economy than most of the world but, still, the change was very significant. Unfortunately, I am unable to claim similar influence for ideas in the United States.
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Tullock, G. (1991). Accidental Freedom. In: Hillman, A.L. (eds) Markets and Politicians. Studies in Public Choice, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3882-6_5
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