The Decline of Violence and the New Peace

September 28, 2011Erik Kain

Steven Pinker has an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on the decline of violence across the world, and the decline of war. Pinker suggests a number of reasons for the decline in war, from the state’s monopoly on violence to the rise of global commerce. He also includes this chart: Charts like […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.