Success in exporting democracy is unpredictable, low-probability, and not creatable ex ante, so the default policy should be non-intervention combined with unilateral free trade; the U.S. should get out of the business of exporting democracy at gunpoint.

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Christopher Coyne

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our default position should be one of not intervention we shouldn't be should just get out of the business of trying to export democracy at gunpoint

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Christopher Coyne on Exporting Democracy after War 04/07/2008EconTalk
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