What is peace? Many are so blessed by it, we can take it for granted. However, peace is as, if not more, complex than conflict and war.

In this episode, we talk with one of the most prominent peace-economists;GMU’s Christopher Coyne. What does peace do? What does it look like? Is it even a binary construct?

After all, is a boxing match not an illustration of peaceful violence? Once you open up the construct of peace a whole world of intellectual inquiry follows, and here Professor Coyne is likely your best guide.

References:

Coyne, Christopher J. "After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy." Stanford University Press, 2008.

Coyne, Christopher J. "Coyne - in search of monsters to destroy." Independent Review, vol. 13, no. 3, 2009, pp. 325-330.

Coyne, Christopher J. "Coyne - Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention and the Loss of Liberty at Home." The Review of Austrian Economics, vol. 20, no. 1, 2007, pp. 59-63.