freeman offers an engaging follow-up to BK Marcus’ “ancient Chinese secret.” From the latter:
“the concept of the ‘free market’ we are so proud of in the West is very strongly influenced by classical Chinese philosophy. It was the impact of Chinese ideas, especially Daoism (Taoism), on the scholars of the European Enlightenment that enabled the Europeans to break down the old restrictive mercantilist system and come to a coherent vision of the free market.”