Sieben comments on What legal ways do people make a profit that produce the largest net loss in utility? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sieben 25 March 2014 05:33:16PM 0 points [-]

How do you measure arms-race type goods? For example, the world would be better off without any nuclear weapons. However the world is made better off if several reasonable countries can obtain nuclear weapons to serve as deterrents to others using them.

A similar analysis exists for guns.