• Studies war strategy, including nuclear war strategy, with reference to game theory

• Examines the school of Public Choice, heterodox and neoclassical perspectives

• Questions why mainstream economics continues to ignore war and its effects on the real economy

• Looks at the changing nature of wars

Studies of the economics of war strategy, including nuclear war strategy, with reference to game theory Examines the school of Public Choice, heterodox and neoclassical perspectives Questions why mainstream economics continues to ignore war and its effects on the real economy Looks at the changing nature of wars

Autorentext

Renata Allio is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the University of Turin, Italy. Her research activities have mainly dealt with history of work and migration, and the history of economic thought. She has published 120 essays in journals and volumes published in Italy, France and Germany.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: War and economic activity.- Chapter 3: From historical situating to the obsolescence of war.- Chapter 4: Imperialism.- Chapter 5: The cost of war.- Chapter 6: Economic rationality or irrelevance of war.- Chapter 7: The merits of war and the armaments industry.- Chapter 8: Economic globalization, Realpolitik, new wars.- Chapter 9: Conclusions.