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9780230337176

Military Economics The Interaction of Power and Money

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230337176

  • ISBN10:

    0230337171

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

Military power needs to be financed and economic development is often shaped by military conflict, thus the interaction of the military and economics, power and money is central to the modern world. This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of organized force, with a wide range of historical and current examples.

Author Biography

Ron Smith is Professor of Applied Economics at Birkbeck, UK where he teaches econometrics and statistics. He has written extensively on applied econometrics and defence economics and is on the editorial boards of Defence and Peace. Economics and the journal of Peace Research and is an Associate Feelow of the Royal United Services Institute.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Economics
The Military
Values
Facts
Theories
Power and Money
Producing Security
Militarism
Economic Concepts
Uncertainty
Economic-Security Interactions
Security: Are we Safe?
Individual Security
National Security
Global Security
War
Oil
Arms Races and Arms Control
Military Spending: How Much is Enough?
Measures of Military Expenditure
Motives for Arming
Economic Functions of US Military Spending
Hard Choices: UK and France
An Arms Race: India and Pakistan
Military Prices
Military Balance Sheets
Force Acquisition I, Demand: The Biggest Bang for a Buck? Labour
Weapons Procurement
Technology
Force Acquisition II, Supply: The Merchants of Death?
The Arms Industry
Evolution of the Arms Trade
Regulation
Military Capability: How to Win?
Force Employment
Morale
Logistics
Peacekeeping
Economic Choices: Swords or Plowshares?
Budget Constraints
Economic Effects
Technological Spin-off
Economic Warfare
Understanding Military Economics
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, References, Index

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