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The world as a whole is in one of its most peaceful periods ever. The 1990s saw a genocide in Europe, horrific civil wars in Africa, before that you had the Cold War with all of its attendant problems.

Growth and Peace aren't mutually incompatible aims.

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> Growth and Peace aren't mutually incompatible aims.

Indeed, I'd offer that Economic Stagnation and Peace might be mutually incompatible situations.

"Growth and Peace aren't mutually incompatible aims."

No shit, almost all wars start with economic discontent. So all things equal, growth will mean less wars.

There has been a lot of growth in the States and the UK over the last 40 years. yet within both of those countries inequality has grown a lot. Few people under 40 can afford to buy a house in the UK these days, as opposed to 20 or thirty years ago.

Maybe I am just more politically aware than I used to be but I feel discontent is rising.

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