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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Lawrence SummersEvidence 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.”
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Tariffs, Decline, and the Promise of AI | A Conversation with Larry Summers and Niall Ferguson— University of Austin (UATX)Created: 8/11/2026, 6:52:24 AM
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