I recently delivered the second annual Kenneth Boulding Lecture on the Study of a Stable Peace. This lecture, which is held annually by the Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace, aims “to discuss the most pressing issues related to achieving a stable peace through the lens of mainline economics.”

My talk was on “Peace Economics with an Anarchist Squint.”  I discussed how viewing the world through what James C. Scott calls an “anarchist squint” can illuminate various crucial questions in the study of peace and conflict.