Mark Thornton on protectionism

It's important that Austrians and friends of the Austrian School realize that protectionism is just a step forward to war.  It's a step forward to human impoverishment and it's a step towards human division, hate and devolution.  Protectionism is the health of the state.

~ Mark Thornton, "Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century," Minor Issues, 3:40 mark, March 29, 2025