Interdependence and economic integration do not prevent war, as shown by the failure of Norman Angell's 1910 argument that German-British economic interdependence made war impossible before World War I.

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Speaker

Lawrence Summers

Evidence Quote

in 1910 Norman Angell, I think it was, wrote The Great Illusion in which he describes how impossible it is for Great Britain and Germany to go to war given their economic interdependence.

Source

Tariffs, Decline, and the Promise of AI | A Conversation with Larry Summers and Niall FergusonUniversity of Austin (UATX)
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:52:24 AM

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