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Сообщение от Walker
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я бы все же несколько иначе выводы автора перевел (это мягко говоря)
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But here is the catch: Whatever the economic benefits of potential conflict might have been, the calculus is different today. Technologies have become much more destructive, and so a large-scale war would be a bigger disaster than before. That makes many wars less likely, which is a good thing, but it also makes economic stagnation easier to countenance.
We can prefer higher rates of economic growth and progress, even while recognizing that recent G.D.P. figures do not adequately measure all of the gains we have been enjoying. In addition to more peace, we also have a cleaner environment (along most but not all dimensions), more leisure time and a higher degree of social tolerance for minorities and formerly persecuted groups. Our more peaceful and — yes — more slacker-oriented world is in fact better than our economic measures acknowledge.
Living in a largely peaceful world with 2 percent G.D.P. growth has some big advantages that you don’t get with 4 percent growth and many more war deaths. Economic stasis may not feel very impressive, but it’s something our ancestors never quite managed to pull off. The real questions are whether we can do any better, and whether the recent prevalence of peace is a mere temporary bubble just waiting to be burst.
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Собственно, про свободу слова примерно то же можно сказать. Хорошо, что Волкер привел источник, хоть как-то отреагировать можно. На центральных каналах такой чушью не занимаются, и просто говорят: "Вот, в Омерике готовятся к войне. Вот вам мнение профессора Тайлера Коуэна - ну и далее текст Волкреа про "друзей, сжимающих кольцо".