Kimberlee

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This is a link to a facebook page that gives stats about the power of peace. Part of the article is listed below.

Profitable peace

Bank of England, City of London If the cost of investing in proactive peace-creation was minimal compared to the lost potential caused by violence, then would it not be fitting for business to engage with government to create peace in the markets in which they operate? Global Peace Index

Undoubtedly, such additional cash injections will reap benefits in the economies concerned.

But if "violence", or the threat of such, is economically beneficial, then peace - the "absence of violence" - is even more valuable, according to the Global Peace Index, which has calculated its value in US dollar terms.

"Ideally, living without the threat of instability would mean the violence dollars could be redeployed into areas that would cause other less destructive markets to grow," the report says.

The economic bonus of peace - or the removal of the cost of "lost peace" - would be $7.2tn a year, based on latest data from 2007, the report has found.

"There is a very, very strong correlation between peace and wealth," Steve Killelea, founder of the Global Peace Index.

Peace industry

To reach this figure, the report's authors set out to identify the "peace industry", as distinct from the defence industry.

"The peace industry comprises those companies and industries whose markets improve, or whose costs decrease with improving peacefulness," it says.

"Examples include retail, finance, tourism and insurance."

The report's findings are not as abstract as they may at first seem. Not only does it insist that "wars are no longer economically viable". It also calls for companies to promote peace:

"If the cost of investing in proactive peace-creation was minimal compared to the lost potential caused by violence, then would it not be fitting for business to engage with government to create peace in the markets in which they operate?"

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