Talk:Military Keynesianism

message: "There have been no clear cut historical examples of military Keynesianism in action. The reason for this is that the theory of military Keynesianism requires that the increased military spending is intended to fulfill an economic goal (i.e. to enhance growth, or increase employment), however the goal of the military spending has in all cases been to achieve some military, or political goal."
I dispute this passage, because it suggests that economic goals were not part of attaining military or political goals, and because it implies that economic goals exist in a vacuum with no connection to the rest of the world. Both notions are demonstrably false.
Nazi Germany’s defense build-up was an economic goal, which enhanced the growth of the military and increased employment, thus enhancing the prosperity of the German folk. For that matter, Hitler’s military conquests had an economic goal as well: to sustain Germany on the spoils and slave labor of subjugated nations. Doing so enabled Hitler to maintain caps on inflation rates as well as “trickle down” benefits to the German people. 
The conquest of Eastern Europe, for example, was intended to open up farmland to feed Germany, to resettle both social undesirables and “warrior-farmers”, to capture racially desirable breeding stock, and to form a buffer from the Soviet Union—a quadruple goal in other words, of which economy is a key and integral part.
The purist definition of military Keynesianism in this section, being aimed purely at an isolated economic growth, is inconsistent. I say the entire section on Examples of military Keynesianism should be rewritten, either as a different argument, or to at least strengthen the existing one. Woerkilt (talk) 22:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples of Military Keynesianism 

message: Why as Goods and services removed?  99.181.157.185 (talk) 01:45, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it's confusing.  Approximately accurate, but confusing.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 05:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why as [[Goods and services]] removed? 

message: Clarify "goods" with Good (economics).  99.181.145.53 (talk) 21:38, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Why?  Doesn't seem necessary, and seems a lot like WP:OVERLINKING.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 02:50, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Per WP:OVERLINK: "In general, links should be created to... relevant connections to the subject of another article that will help readers understand the article more fully (see the example below). This can include people, events and topics that already have an article or that clearly deserve one, so long as the link is relevant to the article in question."  Since this is an economics-related article, a core concept like a good seems like an appropriate link to me, especially since it isn't linked elsewhere in the article. <B>—Torchiest</B> talkedits 15:32, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarify "goods" with [[Good (economics)]] 

message: Was Reagan the military keynesianist?
Some economists argues that he was.
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/19/business/economic-scene-is-reagan-a-keynesian.html 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/opinion/krugman-reagan-was-a-keynesian.html 
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/scott-galupo/2011/11/01/ronald-reagan-practiced-keynesian-economics-successfully 
185.19.22.198 (talk) 11:10, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reagan 

message: Here is the whole paragraph where Chomsky is quoted in the article: 
"The Pentagon system was considered ideal for these purposes. It imposes on the public a large burden of the costs (research and development, R&D) and provides a guaranteed market for excess production, a useful cushion for management decisions. Furthermore, this form of industrial policy does not have the undesirable side-effects of social spending directed to human needs. Apart from unwelcome redistributive effects, the latter policies tend to interfere with managerial prerogatives; useful production may undercut private gain, while state-subsidized waste production (arms, Man-on-the-Moon extravaganzas, etc.) is a gift to the owner and manager, who will, furthermore, be granted control of any marketable spin-offs. Furthermore, social spending may well arouse public interest and participation, thus enhancing the threat of democracy; the public cares about hospitals, roads, neighborhoods, and so on, but has no opinion about the choice of missiles and high-tech fighter planes. The defects of social spending do not taint the military Keynesian alternative, which had the added advantage that it was well-adapted to the needs of advanced industry: computers and electronics generally, aviation, and a wide range of related technologies and enterprises."
The quoted phrase was in fact in regard of the Pentagon system (a non Military Keynesian system). I think, I am not sure, but he was pointing out the fact that the public will begin to have an opinion (the threat of democracy) about the choice of missile and high-tech fighter planes if that were state spending rather than private spending under state subsidies.
So, it is the non-military Keynesian system or Pentagon system who "can be implemented with less public interest and participation" not the military Keynesian system as it is mentioned.
Rémy  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.221.53.173 (talk) 23:19, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chomsky's critic 

message: I'm reverting your deletion of the "Criticisms" section.  You cited WP:NOT:  That article says, "An article can report objectively about [Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment], as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a neutral point of view."  
You deleted two citations that offer important perspectives on this issue.  I did not find those two citations elsewhere in this article.  I haven't studied those two references.  However, the two paragraphs you deleted provide objective summaries of comments I've heard elsewhere, and the titles of those articles sound consistent with the narrative.    
Are you objecting to the heading "Criticisms"?  
I would support changing the heading, e.g., from "Criticisms" to "General comments".  I would also support moving those two paragraphs so they become an introduction to the section on "Keynesian Economics and Application", which currently has no introduction:  It just goes directly to a section on "Nazi Germany".  
Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 10:14, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, well both of that options can be good and for sure better instead of one pure pov criticsm section what in general should be avoided as per npov. Tnx. StufffromBuda! (talk) 23:24, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done.  I hope you find this acceptable. Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 23:33, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism section