The Defense Industrial Base for the 1990s

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

5-1-1992

Series Information

Occasional Paper 104

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

Although the bottom is not about to fall out of the military market, a tough period of belt tightening has begun. The severity of these adjustments will vary based on the size and relationship of businesses to the defense industry. Ultimately, the military procurement process must be reformed. First, by streamlining the rules. Second, by upgrading the caliber of the people involved in the process. And finally, by changing the incentive structure facing the people who produce the equipment.

Keywords

Defense Spending, Industrial Base, Military, Reversibility

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K74F1NX9

DOI

doi:10.7936/K74F1NX9

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "The Defense Industrial Base for the 1990s", Occasional Paper 104, 1992, doi:10.7936/K74F1NX9.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/120.