Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

Military Procurement and Technology Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Av Vernon W. Ruttan, University of Minnesota (Emeritus)) Ruttan, Vernon W. (Regents Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Economics, Regents Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Economics

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Military and defence related procurement has been an important source of technology development across a broad spectrum of industries that account for an important share of United States industrial production. Changes in the structure of the defence industries and of the U.S. industrial economy make it unlikely that military and defence related procurement would again become an important source of revolutionary new technologies in the absence of a major war.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-01-26
Mått156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt503 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195188042

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Vernon W. Ruttan is Regents Professor Emeritus in the Department of Applied Economics and Adjunct Professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. His research has been on technology development and economic growth. He is the author (with Yujiro Hayami) of Agricultural Development: An International Perspective (1985); United States Development Assistance Policy (1996); and Technology,Growth and Development; An Induced Innovation Perspective (OUP, 2001).