A free market is what has brought us to this point in time, and doing everything in your power to make the market even freer, is what will continue to make our economy grow.
It is you who ignore history. You ignore that as Venice and Holland and Britain stopped making things and shifted to service economies their days were numbered as economic great powers.
The Venetian empire's decline was due primarily to over expansion, a currently recognized error in any modern day business model. (Key resources spread too thin allowing intrusion by dominant competition).
Britian's decline obviously can be attributed to the shift to Socialism, beginning with the suffragette movement and the unionization of factory workers.
The decline of Holland began with, the Peace of Utrecht, signed in 1713, ending the War of Spanish Succession. This treaty drastically altered the balance of power between the European nations. While the Dutch were significantly weakened, France and especially England secured much stronger positions, an advantage they consolidated in the Caribbean, the oceans and the Americas over the next four decades.