A Sign That Peace Is Winning With Iran

By Chris Rossini

The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises wrote: "History is a struggle between two principles, the peaceful principle, which advances the development of trade, and the militarist-imperialist principle, which interprets human society not as a friendly division of labour but as the forcible repression of some of its members by others."

Fortunately, in the battle of the development of trade vs. the militarist-imperialist principle, we have some nice news on the side of peace:

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Italy has agreed to give Iran a more than $3 billion dollar line of credit following several meetings this week between senior Iranian and Italian officials...

The rush to conduct business with Iran comes on the heels of a recently signed nuclear accord that will lighten economic sanctions on the country and permit international corporations and governments to pursue lucrative deals with the Islamic Republic. [...]

Von Mises would be pleased to hear about a "rush to conduct business". During his lifetime, he was not so lucky, as he had to dodge nations that were rushing to war.

Trade between Italy and Iran is booming, according to Iranian officials. [...]

Iranian officials estimate the level of trade between the two countries to be about $1.5 billion. They intend to double that figure in the near future.

The more that individuals trade, the harder it is to convince them to go to war.

There's nothing better than making a warmonger's life harder.