Les dépenses d'armement: fardeau ou bénéfice ?

Jacques Fontanel ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: The history of economic thought teaches us that economists have always been very divided on the issue of international security, conflict and war. The question of the economic system has always been put forward, some considering that liberal capitalism leads to situations of equilibrium and peace, others denouncing the exploitation of man by man or imperialism. The arms race has no economic basis as such, but it has a cost that is often justified by questions of national security. Econometric analyses have provided some short-term information on the influence of military expenditure on the major economic aggregates, but the results are often too heterogeneous, depending on the period or region, to constitute reliable long-term economic results.

Keywords: Disarmament; development; military expenditure; arms industries; Désarmement; développement; dépenses militaires; industries d’armement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992-09
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Published in Aspects économiques du désarmement, 19, UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 1992

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