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Police State, U.S.A
Coyne, Christopher J.; Yatsyshina, Yuliya - 2021
All governments are potential police states. Constitutionally constrained democracies are no exception, as demonstrated by America’s post-9/11 experience. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. government expanded its domestic police powers in the name of protecting the...
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The Case Against a U.S.-Arms Monopoly
Coyne, Christopher J.; Hall, Abigail R - 2013
The U.S. government is the dominant player in the global arms market. An existing literature emphasizes the many benefits of an international U.S.-government arms monopoly including: regional and global balance, stability and security, the advancement of U.S. national interests, and domestic...
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How to Run Wars : A Confidential Playbook for the National-Security Elite
Coyne, Christopher J.; Hall, Abigail R - 2022
We stand at a critical juncture in U.S. foreign policy. The challenges facing the United States and the world are unique, myriad, and perpetual. We provide a playbook for the national-security elites for how to efficiently run wars. This playbook is intended only for the political elites. Great...
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State-Provided Defense as Non-Comprehensive Planning
Coyne, Christopher J. - 2018
State-provided defense is a form of non-comprehensive government planning subject to two inherent problems. The first …-related policies and resource allocations. We discuss these dual problems in the context of the U.S. defense sector …
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Polycentric Defense
Coyne, Christopher J. - 2019
Orthodox economics models defense as a public good provided by a central nation state. This approach abstracts away … from the diverse institutions and processes individuals use to provide defense in the actual world. This paper frames … defense as a polycentric system whereby dispersed groups of people find context-specific solutions to collective action …
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The Revolving Door and the Entrenchment of the Permanent War Economy
Duncan, Thomas K. - 2015
This paper analyzes the “revolving door” phenomena in the military sector in the United States. The revolving door refers to the back-and-forth movement of personnel between the government and private sector. We examine the structure of the revolving door and explain how its very nature...
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Intergenerational Income Mobility and Economic Freedom as Positive Liberty
Callais, Justin T; Geloso, Vincent - 2021
Economic freedom is often defined as a negative liberty – freedom from interference. This contrasts with positive liberty which is defined as freedom to do which refers to capacities. A well-established literature argues that income inequality reduces positive liberty by limiting the...
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The Political Economy of Lighthouses in Antebellum America
Callais, Justin T; Geloso, Vincent - 2021
Lighthouses are the quintessential public goods and thus constitute a key illustration of market failure in need of government remedy. Considerable debates have been waged over whether optimal private provision was historically possible. However, little to no attention has been devoted to how...
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Overlooked Costs of War-Related Public Research : A Comment on Nicholas Rescher's 'Early RAND as a Talent Incubator'
Bills, Brittany - 2017
This paper focuses on some of the overlooked costs of war-related public research. We discuss two unseen consequences of war-related public science. The first is the distortionary effect of government-influenced research on academic disciplines. The second is the opportunity cost of the...
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