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The Marxist analysis of war and military expenditures, between certainty and uncertainty

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  • Fanny Coulomb

    (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)

  • Renaud Bellais

    (ENSTA Bretagne_SHS - Département Sciences Humaines et Sociales ENSTA Bretagne - ENSTA Bretagne - École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne)

Abstract

In analysing capitalism, Karl Marx dealt little with issues of international relations and militarism – Friedrich Engels was in charge of these questions. But war has never been integrated in the Marxist diagram. However, Marx and Engels' writings contain essential remarks on international conflicts conceived as a consequence of the class war, on militarism's role in industrial development and on trade wars replacing armed conflicts. These ideas have later been developed by Marxist theorists, notably in pre‐revolutionary Russia, with an insistence on the warlike character of capitalism at the stage of imperialism. The Marxist analysis of militarism was continued after the Second World War, accompanied by a controversy on the impact of military expenditure on the profit rate.

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  • Fanny Coulomb & Renaud Bellais, 2008. "The Marxist analysis of war and military expenditures, between certainty and uncertainty," Post-Print hal-01053853, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01053853
    DOI: 10.1080/10242690802354345
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    1. Saba Charles Shaaba, 2022. "Defence Spending and Economic Growth in South Africa: Evidence from Cointegration and Co-Feature Analysis," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 28(1), pages 51-100, February.
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    8. Marzena Piotrowska-Trybull & Stanislaw Sirko, 2020. "Military Units as Elements of Development Potential of Small and Medium-Sized Cities," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 2), pages 200-219.
    9. Adem Y. Elveren & Sara Hsu, 2016. "Military Expenditures and Profit Rates: Evidence from OECD Countries," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(3), pages 551-577, July.

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