How should national security concerns alter our perception of what constitutes good economic policy? Survival: The Economic Underpinnings of American National Security introduces principles of national security thinking relevant to public policy, then illustrates application of these principles in a number of policy areas including fiscal policy, healthcare, education, immigration, welfare and poverty abatement, energy, and the environment.
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Jonathan Lipow is associate professor of economics at the Defense Resources Management Institute.
Inhalt
Chapter One: What then was War?
Chapter Two: On War
Chapter Three: Debt and Deficit Disorders
Chapter Four: Social Security
Chapter Five: Health Care
Chapter Six: Education
Chapter Seven: Immigration
Chapter Eight: Social Equity
Chapter Nine: Race Relations
Chapter Ten: Energy and the Environment
Chapter Eleven: Military Manpower
Chapter Twelve: It Takes a Citizen