Towards a Peace Economy in the United States : Essays on Military Industry, Disarmament and Economic Conversion

The essays in this volume consider the nature of the war economy and the possibilities for change that the relaxation of the Cold War presents. They ask what the effects of a security policy of substantial disarmament on the economy and political climate of the USA might be. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Military Spending and Government High-Technology Policy: A Comparative Analysis of the US, West Germany, Japan and Great Britain....Pages 3-28 Defense Spending as Industrial Policy: The Impact of Military R&D on the US Software Industry....Pages 29-53 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 National Security, Noncontributive Activity and Macroeconomic Analysis: Theoretical, Empirical and Methodological Issues....Pages 57-77 Manufacturing Productivity and Military Depletion in the Postwar Industrial Economy....Pages 78-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 The Political Economy of an Alternative Security and Disarmament Policy for the United States....Pages 121-159 Towards a New National Needs Agenda for Science and Technology Policy: The Prospects for Democratic Science and Technology Policymaking....Pages 160-201 Constituencies and New Markets for Economic Conversion: Reconstructing the United States’ Physical, Environmental and Social Infrastructure....Pages 202-241 Back Matter....Pages 242-248