A 5 page paper discussing the positive effects that economic development can have in promoting and preserving peace, ending with a list of bullet point recommendations.  The paper's position is that responsible economic development enhances people's standard of living and diminishes the power the rogue nations currently hold.  Bibliography lists 11 sources.  
                                    
  
                                    
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                                                    and "never" are dangerous words and generally not true in most applications of their use.  Developed nations are not always the peacemakers or peacekeepers, but those that stir up   
                                                
                                                    dissention and strive for strife generally are those headed by rogue governments headed by those who fall into predictable patterns of behavior.  Almost always they turn a blind eye   
                                                
                                                    to citizens misery; they operate on ideology that falls outside the mainstream; they proclaim their self-importance and insist that their people give them honor they have not earned and do   
                                                
                                                    not deserve.        Responsible economic development brings benefits that to date we have found no other source for; as such it can directly contribute   
                                                
                                                    to enhanced world peace. Globalization of Business        Much discussion of globalization centers on exploitation of uneducated, poor people in developing nations.  Businesses   
                                                
                                                    moving manufacturing, mining or other operations to developing nations venues frequently are castigated as being exploiters of disadvantaged humanity, seeking only their own financial gain and associated benefit for their   
                                                
                                                    shareholders.  Critics of globalization refuse to see any benefit at all, which has been the case in complaints about companies such as Gap and Nike (Mason, 2000).   
                                                
                                                    In some cases, the charges have been valid.  Many Asian and other nations see no real problem with sweatshop conditions or child labor.   
                                                
                                                    One of the benefits is that globalization brings other perspectives into areas where they would not otherwise exist, thereby improving the quality of life of all local people employed in   
                                                
                                                    nearly any job at all, whether that employment is with a multinational organization or with a local grocer. Increased Standard of Living        There   
                                                
                                        
                                     
                                    
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