Article(electronic)#1August 1, 1985
Hunger and weapons: the entropy of militarisation
In: Review of African political economy, Volume 12, Issue 33
ISSN: 1740-1720
The author argues against the view that hunger in the 'Third World' and nuclear militarism in the developed world are two separated phenomena. The increasing militarisation of the Third World is directly related to famine‐induced hunger suffered by its populations. Military expenditure 'crowds out' expenditure on agriculture, while the militarisation of the developed countries' economies results, via the mechanisms of investment and trade, in the militarisation of Third World industrial production. This further distorts their economies and leads to the entropy of famine.
