Link dump February 2018 (II)

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Some previewers are still taking time to tell me if/what errors are in some of the other parts of the warship series, so let's spend the waiting time differently:

"Throwing Money at the Pentagon Is About Politics, Not Security"

William Hartung, medium.com

I heard someone wants parading soldiers for a toy?

Simple; organisation. Only those who experienced

at the very least basic appear to be able to understand

how the setting changes the behaviour and even the

expectations of people. Well, unless too many of the

NCOs are duds, of course.

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.de/2018/02/behind-declining-labor-share-of-income.html
This macroeconomic trend is in my opinion among the biggest issues of the early 21st century.
I'm pretty sure that cheaper IT is but one of the top 10 causes. Germany had an outright shock with a huge drop in %GDP labour income when Schröder's neoliberal "Agenda 2010" reforms took effect after a decade of employer-side propaganda about national competitiveness.
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I'm not going to comment on the German politics of the month. It proved wise to not waste attention and blog space when a Jamaica coalition was discussed, and I will wait till there's really a coalition.

S O

defence_and_freedom@gmx.de


edit later on: Congratulations, transparencymarketresearch, you clearly understand how to illustrate the market for active protection systems for tanks in 2017. I'd trust your expertise right away, NOT.

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