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ECONOMIC CONVERSION: INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES
Author(s) -
Cassidy Kevin J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1990.tb01078.x
Subject(s) - disarmament , incentive , democracy , arms race , politics , production (economics) , economics , economic policy , business , political economy , political science , market economy , law , microeconomics
While arms control and disarmament represent efforts to respond to the military and political factors in the arms race, there has not been a com‐ parable effort to reduce the economic incentives. To do so military contrac‐ tors would have to be able to convert their production facilities to civilian manufacturing without loss of profits or workers.