Assignment—Preparation for in-class essay

Next week you are to write an short (about 350 word) essay in class addressing the topic, "Are Wars Good for the Economy?" In this essay you are required to take the position that wars are not good for the economy.

As preparation, first read the introduction and the first two chapters (entitled "The Broken Window" and "The Blessings of Destruction") from Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson. Also read the student essay, "Are wars good for the economy", by Mike Moffatt