"Commerce... is apt to decay in absolute governments, not because it is there less secure, but because it is less honourable." — Hume (I.e. the reason autocracies are poor is that it's more prestigious to be one of the dictator's minions than to build things.)
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Reminds me of an anecdote told by
@nntaleb Young lebanese jews arriving in NYC without a dime, offered jobs by a jewish guys They say « we don’t do jobs » and start building an empire selling shoes Sounds utterly out of fashion, but honor is at the core of our biggest decisionsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Have you read “Man, the State & War” by Kenneth Waltz? It’s part of the international relations canon and––unlike most books assigned in grad school––a surprising quick & Todd read that lays a theoretical foundation to the fragmentary forces you describehttps://www.amazon.com/Man-State-War-Theoretical-Analysis/dp/0231125372 …
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