In a recent New York Times column, Princeton economics professor Uwe E. Reinhardt bucks generally accepted market theory to argue against the all-volunteer army in the U.S.
The argument he addresses goes like this: Spreading military service across all societal strata (a draft) would place some of our most valuable economic assets (our brain surgeons, our bankers, our politicians) in harm’s way while denying those who could most benefit from a military paycheck (our poor, our patriots) from receiving this pathway to economic mobility. Continue reading
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