Weede (2004) argues that the pacifying effect of free trade and economic interdependence may be more important than that of democracy, because the former affects peace both directly and indirectly, by producing economic development and ultimately, democracy.
Weede(2004)主張自由貿易和經濟的互相依賴對和平的影響可能會比民主要來的重要，因為前者對於和平的影響是包括直接和非直接，可產生經濟的發展並最終達成民主。