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Expensive Murders

History shows that, most of the time, the reactions of great powers to attacks have more lasting consequences than the attacks themselves.

by Moisés Naím

published by

El País

on January 14, 2020

Source: El País

Each year, about half-a-million people are murdered worldwide. Naturally, these deaths have devastating effects on the victims’ families and loved ones. But there are also killings that reach far beyond friends and family and change the world. These transcendental murders can turn out to be very expensive. The iconic case is the 1914 assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. His death set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I and the deaths of 40 million people.

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