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William Hartung on Lockheed Martin and the military-industrial complex

March 25, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

William Hartung joins me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss his book, Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. […]

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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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Views on the defense industrial report

December 20, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

First, were you aware that the Pentagon even had an Office of Defense Industrial Policy? It sounds suspiciously like the kind of government organization that engages in economic planning, a practice anathema not just to Republicans but to many Democrats as well.

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