The informality and unpredictability of communications across interconnected networks may make it hard to determine when there has been a voluntary "contract" to submit to or abide by some local law.

贯穿互联网的交流的非正式性和不可预测性，使确定服从已有的自愿“契约”还是遵守本地法律很难。

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Local, national and international criminal networks help finance an interconnected network of civil and international wars.

FORBES: In Defense of Political Economy: new ideas on development from the World Bank