Dismantling The Cold War Economy
- ISBN-10
- 0465006620
- ISBN-13
- 9780465006625
- Category
- Defense industries
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992-05-10
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- Ann R. Markusen
Description
Shows how Cold War technologies have distorted and drained the economy and how military-led industrial policy has misfocused our research efforts. Displaced more jobs than were created, and weakened our ability to compete effectively in world markets. The author proposes an integrated economic development strategy designed to break addiction to Pentagon patronage.
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