Maybe more important than those wars in the 1970’s was that people throughout the world got worried about running out of things. This was the time of the “great population scare,” which transformed thinking worldwide, no doubt contributing to higher commodity prices while the fear lasted.
或许比20世纪70年代的战争更重要的是全世界的人们都开始担心资源会用完。那时是一个“巨大的人口恐惧”时期，它使人们在全球范围内思考，所以难怪会在担忧持续的时候导致商品价格上涨。