In 1907, in the wake of an epochal financial crisis that almost brought a complete global collapse, several countries started to think of finance primarily as an instrument of raw power that could and should be turned to national advantage. That kind of thinking brought war in 1914.
1907年，随着一场几乎令全球陷入崩溃的划时代的金融危机，一些国家开始把金融视为能够而且应当转化为国家优势的代表原始力量的工具来加以运用。这种想法导致在1914年一战爆发。一个世纪后的2007-2008年，世界经历了规模更大的金融震荡，并随后点燃了民族主义激情。破坏性战略也许并非遥不可及。