“If you open books on the history of economics, you will always read that mercantilism existed between the 16th and 18th century, and then it was outmoded and something else took its place. But the true reality of the matter is it has never ended. It has assumed different modes and different manifestations and different terms, but it has never stopped.”

Well, it's a massive book, as you noted. In the German original version, it's even a larger 525 pages or something like that. So it covers a lot of ground. And obviously, we cannot speak about every specific aspect of it. It would be just too overwhelming. But we can hit on the main points of mercantilism. And I think the most important point to mention is the fact that it has never ended. So if you open history books and you read or economic books or books on the history of economics, you will always read that mercantilism was a system which existed between the 16th and 18th century. And then it was just outmoded and abolished and something else took its place, free economy, a free economic system. So it's just of historical interest to us. And it's interesting to read about that particular policy, which was in effect between the 16th and 18th century, but it has no effect on us today. But the true reality of the matter is it has never stopped, has never ended. It has assumed different modes and different manifestations and different terms were used, but it has never stopped.