Chris Blattman is a professor at the University of Chicago studying the causes and consequences of violence and war. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:04 – What is war?
12:14 – Justification for war
35:02 – War in Ukraine
1:18:30 – Nuclear war
1:29:51 – Drug cartels
1:46:34 – Joseph Kony
1:52:38 – World Wars
1:59:46 – Civil wars
2:06:20 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2:15:04 – China vs USA
2:21:13 – Love
2:27:38 – Hard data
2:35:13 – Mortality
2:40:19 – Advice for young people
2:45:00 – Tyler Cowen
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