A lot of political decisions are caused by economics and right now the West, Russia and China have some dark economic storm clouds on the horizon. Edward Luttwak thinks that Russia's economic advisors warned Putin that escalating the war in Ukraine a lot could cause inflation in Russia which would be very harmful since Russia has a lot of rural people with fewer economic opportunities. As a result, inflation hurts rural Russians more than it does urban Russians. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:07, July 24, 2023 (EDT) | A lot of political decisions are caused by economics and right now the West, Russia and China have some dark economic storm clouds on the horizon. Edward Luttwak thinks that Russia's economic advisors warned Putin that escalating the war in Ukraine a lot could cause inflation in Russia which would be very harmful since Russia has a lot of rural people with fewer economic opportunities. As a result, inflation hurts rural Russians more than it does urban Russians. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 01:07, July 24, 2023 (EDT) |