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Commanding Heights Discussion Questions

Commanding Heights Discussion Questions. (click on link above to go to PBS site for C.H.) 1. What was wrong on the eve of WWI in 1914 that caused the first age of globalization and classical liberalism under the British Empire to fail?. Discussion Questions.

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Commanding Heights Discussion Questions

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  1. Commanding Heights Discussion Questions (click on link above to go to PBS site for C.H.) 1. What was wrong on the eve of WWI in 1914 that caused the first age of globalization and classical liberalism under the British Empire to fail?

  2. Discussion Questions 2. Why did communism take hold in Russia in the wake of WWI (and in China in the wake of WWII) and not in more advanced economies? 3. What was wrong with the Treaty of Versailles?

  3. Discussion Questions The Iron Law of War: War is good for an economy. • Did the Iron Law of hold in WWII for? • United States • Europe • Japan • Soviet Union

  4. Discussion Questions • What are the causes of war? • Economic systems • Capitalism • Socialism/central planning • Political systems • Fascism • Communism • Democracy

  5. Discussion Questions 6. Did planning win the war? 7. Did planning win the peace?

  6. Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) MIC is a concept commonly used to refer to policy relationships between governments, national armed forces, and industrial support they obtain from the commercial sector in political approval for research, development, production, use, and support for military training, weapons, equipment, and facilities within the national defense and security policy. It is a type of iron triangle. This sector is intrinsically prone to principal-agent problem, moral hazard, and rent seeking. 8. Does a MIC creates incentives for war or peace? 9. Are market economies more prone to MIC than centrally planned economies.

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