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(1988) Synthese 76 (2).
Individuals, groups, or nations — if rational and self-interested — will be balancing on the margin between two alternative ways of generating income: (1) “peaceful” production and exchange, versus (2) ‘appropriative” efforts designed to seize resources previously controlled by others (or to defend against such invasions). Both production and appropriation, on the assumption here, are entirely normal lines of activity engaged in to the extent that doing so seems profitable.
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DOI: 10.1007/BF00869589
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Hirshleifer, J. (1988). The analytics of continuing conflict. Synthese 76 (2), pp. 201-233.
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