The Economics of Peace

3. Profit born from price differences, ideally without drama.
4. The number that tells you how long you can operate before the fuel runs out.
6. The measure of how much a system delivers when the drama is missing.
9. The unexciting virtue of following rules so systems can trust each other.
12. A side effect paid by bystanders who never got a vote.
14. The unflashy discipline that keeps success from unraveling.
16. The talent for bending without breaking and returning to form.
18. The backup that makes failure a nuisance instead of a headline.
19. The practice of tackling the most failure-prone piece before you fall in love with it.
20. Not putting all eggs, hopes, or suppliers in one basket.

1. How quickly assets can become cash without a panic haircut.
2. Output per unit of effort—the difference between busy and useful.
5. The quiet math where small, steady gains grow into something outsized.
7. The condition that lets tomorrow look like today, but slightly better.
8. Money that escapes where it shouldn’t—corruption, waste, slippage.
10. The percentage of time a service actually works, not merely promises to.
11. A reference point that keeps improvement honest.
13. The useful entanglement that makes neighbors’ prosperity contagious.
15. A habit of behaving sensibly when crowds sprint the other way.
17. The tiny obstacles that turn plans into delays and budgets into apologies.