"While no causality can be inferred, this is aligned with the view that self-made wealth is more likely to be associated with aggregate economic dynamism, " they argue.
The last time massed ranks of British economists aligned themselves behind a particular view on policy was in the early 1980s, when 364 signed a declaration opposing Margaret Thatcher's policies.
But if neither side changes its approach, if the United States continues to view any attempt by a non-aligned power to exert regional influence as a threat to be countered and if Russia continues to believe that it has the final say on the economic and political trajectory of its neighbors, then conflict is inevitable.