Every increase in trade facilities aids in the spreading of cultural values; and, contrariwise, every interference with trade results in a corresponding retardation of cultural progress. In other words, the freer the trade, the greater the advance in civilization, and the more restrictions there are on trade, the surer will be the retrogression of civilization.
That’s from the great Frank Chodorov in the 1940 essay “Civilization or Caveman Economy?” (source Café Hayek’s Don Boudreaux)
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