Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries have been characterized by the preponderant role of their military forces in economic matters, as demonstrated by high levels of military spending and it's growing industrial complex. While extensive research examines the relationship between...

A substantial body of literature has uncovered a robust relationship between institutions including unionization and political democracy and economic inequality. This paper examines the effect of military spending on inequality, controlling for the size of the armed forces, GDP growth, per...

This article examines whether pork-barrel spending by the U.S. Congress reduces income inequality. The study addresses two main questions: first, it examines the effect of defense and transportation pork spending on levels of inequality; and second, it asks to what extent spending on social...