Describe the political ends that List hopes to achieve through economic measures

Before 1834, the German states had different currencies, weights and measures. There were multiple customs barrier for a merchant. All these were obstacles in the path of unification of nation. Friedrich List, hoped to bind the nation into one by emphasizing the concept of national economy and economic measures that could help forge the nation together. According to him, the customs union or zollverein was effective in increasing productivity as well as awakening national sentiments. It ought to awaken and raise national sentiment through a fusion of individual and provincial interests. The German people have realised that a free economic system is the only means to engender national feeling.