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2,072 retired top brass officers employed at defense firms, circa 1969

March 16, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Last month, Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said that as of February 1969 the top 100 defense contractors employed 2,072 retired military officers of the rank of colonel […]

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The upside of capture

January 24, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

In a previous post, I described how Luigi Zingales’ framework of regulatory capture also applies to the defense industry. I will here try to describe […]

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