1. Introduction: A Pluralistic Perspective on Military Spending
2. Invisible hand, visible arm: Neoclassical Perspective
3. No butter? Use guns: Military Keynesianism
Appendix
4. The visible finger of the invisible hand on the trigger: The Military-Industrial Complex
5. Butter for bread, gun for oil: Marxist Perspective
6. The Effect of Military Spending on the Profit Rate: Empirical Works
Appendix
7. The workers spread butter they get, and gun producers get what they spend: A Post-Keynesian Perspective
Appendix A
Appendix B
8. Girls make butter, boys play with guns: Feminist Political Economy Perspective
9. Militarization and Gender Inequality: Empirical Perspective
Appendix
10. Conclusion
Toward a Needs-Based Budget by Özlem Onaran
Index
Biography
Adem Yavuz Elveren is Associate Professor at Fitchburg State University, US, and Professor at the İzmir University of Economics. His research focuses on gender and social security and the effect of military spending on the economy.
Heterodox Economics of Military Spending is a timely and innovative work where Adem Yavuz Elveren integrates post-Keynesian and feminist perspectives. By combining structural models with extensive empirical analysis, he offers a comprehensive framework that challenges conventional defense economics and illuminates the complex impacts of militarization.
-Günseli Berik, Professor Emerita of Economics, University of Utah.
An exceptional achievement. Adem Elveren raises the study of military economics to a new level, covering it from every theoretical angle and the full spectrum of methods and cases. Heterodox Economics of Military Spending will be a sourcebook for the next generation of peace economists.
-James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin.
