… is from page 137 of my Mercatus Center colleague Dan Griswold’s inspiring 2009 volume, Mad About Trade:
If we compare the economic openness of individual countries to their civil and political freedom, we can see an unmistakable pattern: Citizens of the most economically open countries are far more likely to enjoy political and civil liberty than citizens of less open countries.


If we compare the economic openness of individual countries to their civil and political freedom, we can see an unmistakable pattern: Citizens of the most economically open countries are far more likely to enjoy political and civil liberty than citizens of less open countries.
