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Description

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:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:49) - What is war?
  (17:59) - Justification for war
  (40:47) - War in Ukraine
  (1:24:16) - Nuclear war
  (1:35:36) - Drug cartels
  (1:52:19) - Joseph Kony
  (1:58:23) - World Wars
  (2:05:31) - Civil wars
  (2:12:05) - Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  (2:20:49) - China vs USA
  (2:26:58) - Love
  (2:33:23) - Hard data
  (2:40:58) - Mortality
  (2:46:04) - Advice for young people
  (2:50:45) - Tyler Cowen

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