It's a bit of a dead zone for Africa, has any african country made it to industrial ? keep to the Fen Causeway
I am thinking that the question: Name a large economy that made a transition from poor/agricultural to prosperous/industrial without the use of protectionism to first build an industrial base. Is too narrow to find many examples and lacks a clear cut demarcation of of these concepts.
I would frame it more like "Name a country that increased their Per Capita Income (PPP) to $13,000 without the use of protectionism"? ------------------------------ Rutherfordian RDRutherford
Niche construction is important in the biological context as well. Depending on the way you look at it, you can see manipulative, altruistic, protective or Gaian aspects. This fits in this discussion.
The UK. initial protectionist phase. The US. initial protectionist phase. Japan, initial protectionist phase. Germany, initial protectionist phase.
Just keep that list going, and the first large industrial economy that developed in the history of development of large industrial economies without a protectionist phase, that is the answer. Utsukushikereba sore de ii
... especially when the phase out is won by a coalition of those who were always opposed to them and those who argue that their time has passed. Utsukushikereba sore de ii
