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Was Eisenhower’s military-industrial speech a self-fulfilling prophecy?

January 30, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Eisenhower was going to call this new animal the “military-industrial-congressional complex,” which most would agree today is a pretty accurate description of the system since […]

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Will Thomas on the history and sciences of R&D policy

October 8, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to speak with Will Thomas on the Acquisition Talk podcast. He is a senior science policy analyst at the American Institute of […]

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Analyzing corporate welfare in defense

January 30, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

In a previous post, I argued that corporate welfare is a function of Government restrictions on supply, which raises barriers to entry and lowers the […]

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How to think about corporate welfare

January 29, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

You can define corporate welfare in a number of way, but the most common revolves around Government subsidies — and other forms of unearned support […]

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Richard Whittle on the V-22 development history

January 18, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

Rick Whittle joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss his book on the V-22 Osprey program development history.  In this episode, we learn […]

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