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171. John Mueller — The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency

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Trade Is an Exogenous Force That Suppresses Any Future Conflicts

i no pinker makes an genous force argument for trade. If france and germany are trading with each other, and they have this steel and coal international organization that both belong to, and we're all making money, war would disrupt that. So therefore, free trade is an exogenous force that suppresses any future conflicts. Well, my agrent i put it the other way around,. namely, a desire for peace, or the absence of internatinall qotates international trade. It makes it easi. You know, if you're not going o go to the other country, mig go over there and find out if he's got something you want to buy

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