Does anybody here have an interest in macroeconomics?

[rva_jeremy]

The more closely tied-together countries' economies are, the less likely they are to go to war because it would simply be too unprofitable.

But the more integrated global markets are, the easier it is to inflict low-intensity, hidden misery and death on people. Look at the third world. This idea that "when goods don't cross borders, troops will" just means that as long as the troops are pointing their guns inside the borders, everything is "peaceful". I mean, in the age of nuclear weapons your point is well taken, APW, but I wonder how far it goes if what we're after is not reducing a specific category of violence, or the visibility of violence, but instead the net violence.