#Latest news with #BloodandTreasure:TheEconomicsofConflictIrish Independent06-06-2025BusinessIrish IndependentEven the Vikings knew it didn't pay to smash everything up: what you didn't know about the economics of warFrom Genghis Khan giving us a first taste of globalisation to the consequences of over-estimating Russian power in the war in Ukraine, Duncan Weldon gives us an original and sharp take on the forces that have shaped our world Today at 21:30 From early empires to modern superpowers, the pursuit of wealth and the waging of war have rarely been separate endeavours. Battles have been fought not only over territories and beliefs, but also over resources and the hope of prosperity. Economic ambition has driven conquest just as often as conquests have reshaped economies. It is this complex entanglement of war and money that is studied deeply by Duncan Weldon in Blood and Treasure: The Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to Ukraine.
Irish Independent06-06-2025BusinessIrish IndependentEven the Vikings knew it didn't pay to smash everything up: what you didn't know about the economics of warFrom Genghis Khan giving us a first taste of globalisation to the consequences of over-estimating Russian power in the war in Ukraine, Duncan Weldon gives us an original and sharp take on the forces that have shaped our world Today at 21:30 From early empires to modern superpowers, the pursuit of wealth and the waging of war have rarely been separate endeavours. Battles have been fought not only over territories and beliefs, but also over resources and the hope of prosperity. Economic ambition has driven conquest just as often as conquests have reshaped economies. It is this complex entanglement of war and money that is studied deeply by Duncan Weldon in Blood and Treasure: The Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to Ukraine.
06-06-2025
