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. 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 Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute. INDICE: 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 andArms 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 Bangfor 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-33717-6
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés