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A Capitalist Peace?
Markets, more than democracy, may be the key to preventing war
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Nothing is certain in life, and people are motivated by far more than economics. But it turns out that peace is good business. And capitalism is good for peace.
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and co-editor of Perpetuating Poverty: The IMF, the World Bank, and the Developing World.
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