ExperimentalFailures on October 13, 2024 9:50 am Source: 1. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (main source) https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex 2. ACDA World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (Soviet 1986-1990, China 1976-89) https://www.state.gov/world-military-expenditures-and-arms-transfers/ Tool: Excel
Xazzzi on October 13, 2024 10:11 am Now imagine if half of those money was being spent on social wellbeing.
gumol on October 13, 2024 10:15 am Along with adjusting for inflation, it’d be nice to adjust for purchasing power parity, like we do with GDP
dertechie on October 13, 2024 10:28 am Even in an active war, Russian expenditures are nowhere close to Soviet expenditures. I would have expected them to be closer.
drunken_man_whore on October 13, 2024 10:29 am Based on the title, I was expecting a shit show… But this is genuinely interesting
Icy-Papaya-2967 on October 13, 2024 10:29 am Defence contractors mooching off taxpayer money in the U.S
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Source:
1. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (main source) https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex
2. ACDA World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (Soviet 1986-1990, China 1976-89)
https://www.state.gov/world-military-expenditures-and-arms-transfers/
Tool: Excel
Now imagine if half of those money was being spent on social wellbeing.
Along with adjusting for inflation, it’d be nice to adjust for purchasing power parity, like we do with GDP
Even in an active war, Russian expenditures are nowhere close to Soviet expenditures. I would have expected them to be closer.
Based on the title, I was expecting a shit show… But this is genuinely interesting
Defence contractors mooching off taxpayer money in the U.S