> If the main argument is economic costs Economic, human, and ecological costs. I am not hugely in favour of reducing everything to economics (although it's de

> If the main argument is economic costs Economic, human, and ecological costs. I am not hugely in favour of reducing everything to economics (although it's definitely an important part). I also don't think that it's as simple as "$1 trillion of USA resources to prevent $10 trillion of future losses in SE Asia". Globalisation means that "local" economies aren't really all that local; so problems in e.g. SE Asia will also affect other parts of the world.