Over at Cafe Hayek, Professor Don Boudreaux has outlined an objection (or addition, really) to our recent Learn Liberty video with Peter Jaworski: War Sucks, What Is It Good For?
He writes:

“Countries whose peoples trade extensively with each other are less likely to go to war with each other not only because people in those countries don’t wish to disrupt the productive and mutually advantageous economic relationships they have with each other.  Countries whose peoples trade extensively with each other are less likely to go to war with each other also because these peoples together, through their trade with each other, become integrated into one larger society.”
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He goes on to explain how not just benefits from trade, but also a shared society, prevents the United States and Canada from going to war with each other. Read the whole post here.