While the statement that more government interference in underdeveloped countries would be cheaper than their cost to the global economy may stand true, is it worth it? Is war worth it? Losing family, creating more bad blood between countries, unavoidably killing innocent people, children being raised in times of war (taking the focus off of education and on to violence) – is the money really what is important? Was the current violence in the middle-east expected to last this long? Eventually the cost will have outweighed the money that the underdeveloped countries were costing, and while paying for war, the global economy is still taking the hit from these countries, possibly even more so.