康德拉季耶夫已經指出,生產擴張使得資本急於尋找新的市場及新的原料,由此將造成國際關係緊張。華勒斯坦等學者認為,在資本主義體系下,戰爭的頻率與長波密切相關:大規模戰爭傾向於在生產上升階段之前爆發。Joshua S. Goldstein 根據統計資料,推斷戰爭高峰落在長波的生產高峰與價格高峰之間。他以戰爭能力的提高、競爭加劇與商業繁盛的心理效應解釋生產的擴張何以傾向於引發戰爭。
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