> I'm in EU, I thought we had free markets too
Significantly less free than in the US, and correspondingly less prosperity.
> Some countries, including the US, reached prosperity by protecting their markets.
Not true. If it was true, N Korea would be massively prosperous.
>Significantly less free than in the US, and correspondingly less prosperity.
Which measures of freedom became restricted in the EU following the GFC that led to the prosperity of the EU diverging from the US?