Defense Spending and Fed Policy

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Today on Coffee and Markets Francis Cianfrocca and I discuss the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” warning, Defense spending and cuts, and the challenges of Fed policy on inflation.

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Bromund on the Constitutional Mandate for Defense

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