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But one would expect the opportunity available in a worn-torn country to be lower as well.

• zo1 12y ago
  Didn't you read the latest news on war? Apparently, they claim that a lack of it makes the economy stagnate. </no_kidding_they_really_said_that>
  • chc 12y ago
    Not that I'm inclined to agree with the war-as-a-business-model approach to economics, but there are a number of very significant differences between paying for a war against an opponent who can scarcely afford to retaliate and having your own country turned into a war zone. Even people who benefit from the former are unlikely to be in favor of the latter. Having a lot of the national currency of a pile of rubble is not a very good place to be in the grand scheme of things