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The Resistible Rise of US-China Conflict — Dani Rodrik

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Dani Rodrik talks some sense, both economic and practical. This post reveals the dichotomy between geoeconomic interests and geopolitical interests. The geopolitical view is that it's a zero-sum winner-takes-all game. The geoeconomic view is that conflict is destructive while world trade is beneficial. US business is backing the latter view. The MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex) is heavily committed to the geopolitical view. This has economic implications as well, since the American economy is heavily dependent on military spending.I would add that world trade is not necessarily beneficial for all, but itcan be made beneficial for all by eliminating imperialism. And without imperialism, militaries would be directed to national

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Dani Rodrik talks some sense, both economic and practical. This post reveals the dichotomy between geoeconomic interests and geopolitical interests. The geopolitical view is that it's a zero-sum winner-takes-all game. The geoeconomic view is that conflict is destructive while world trade is beneficial. US business is backing the latter view. The MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex) is heavily committed to the geopolitical view. This has economic implications as well, since the American economy is heavily dependent on military spending.

I would add that world trade is not necessarily beneficial for all, but itcan be made beneficial for all by eliminating imperialism. And without imperialism, militaries would be directed to national defense instead of expansion of territory and influence, and reduced military spending could be redirected to domestic priorities.

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The Resistible Rise of US-China Conflict
Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is President of the International Economic Association and the author of Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-china-conflict-is-not-inevitable-by-dani-rodrik-2021-11

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