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The more a country spends on the military as a share of its economy: the slower the economic growth; the higher the unemployment; the slower the productivity growth; the less innovation; the greater its contributioin to global warming …

Testimony to the New Haven Board of Alders, Human Services Committee, June 2, 2020, by Lindsay Koshgarian, Director, National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Militarism and violence are the hallmarks of U.S. policy at home and abroad. From war to mass incarceration and beyond, these policies amplify poverty, racism and environmental degradation. They can and must change.