Freeman's research drew heavily on political economy of Friedrich List and was historical account of the rise of Japan as an economic superpower.

He also says that while the Chinese still live under Communist ideology, they follow economic policies reminiscent of German nationalist Friedrich List.

The term primarily refers to 20th-century development economics policies, although it has been advocated since the 18th century by economists such as Friedrich List.

Some say he influenced the ideas and work of the German Friedrich List.

Some (like Friedrich List) argue the following:

The mercantilists in their day (Elizabethan England and 19th-century Germany under the influence of Friedrich List) knew what they were doing.

Leading proponents were economists Friedrich List (1789-1846) and Henry Carey (1793-1879).

Friedrich List, National System of Political Economy (1994 reprint)

Dühring's economic views are said to derive largely from those of Friedrich List.

This is the marriage of David Ricardo, the free trader, and Friedrich List, the protectionist.