On: Comparative advantage and when to blow up your isl...

[slashdev]

I think the last 80 years have been the most peaceful in recorded human history in spite of, or perhaps because of the constant threat of nuclear Armageddon.

Globalization is a part of it, but I don't think it's sufficient in itself to keep the peace.

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Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker examines this and the general decline in violence on many levels.