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Economic Convergence and Evolution: ‘These Things Too Shall Pass Away’

In: Western Doctrines on East-West Trade

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  • Peter Ham

    (University of Leiden)

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However great and intense conflicts may be, or seem to be, at a particular moment, they will probably be solved one way or the other. Religious wars pestered Europe only two or three centuries ago, while theological differences do not play an important role in European high politics at the moment.1 What is more, war among Western democracies is hardly imaginable nowadays.2 Looking at these historical changes, one is reminded of the tale of an ancient monarch who asked his wise men to present him with an aphorism which would be applicable to all possible occasions. His request was met with one particular sentence: ‘These things too shall pass away.’

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  • Peter Ham, 1992. "Economic Convergence and Evolution: ‘These Things Too Shall Pass Away’," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Western Doctrines on East-West Trade, chapter 5, pages 70-80, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12610-1_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12610-1_6
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