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Blood and Treasure: The Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to the Modern Era
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A history of the economics of warfare from the Viking Age to our current era, revealing how armed conflict has influenced world power.
“Weldon, a British journalist and economist, offers a tour of organized violence from the Viking era to the war in Ukraine, reinterpreting the actions of Mongol raiders and Indian sepoys through economic concepts like principal-agent problems and non-price competition.”—The New York Times
Wars are expensive, both in human terms and monetary ones. But while wa...
“Weldon, a British journalist and economist, offers a tour of organized violence from the Viking era to the war in Ukraine, reinterpreting the actions of Mongol raiders and Indian sepoys through economic concepts like principal-agent problems and non-price competition.”—The New York Times
Wars are expensive, both in human terms and monetary ones. But while wa...