Guns over people: Rising military spending is eroding quality of life around the world

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Ruolz Ariste, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

As Canada celebrates meeting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) target of spending two per cent of GDP on defence, it’s important to remember this spending isn’t counted within the concept of what’s known as social GDP, an alternative metric focused on measuring a nation’s social development, well-being and sustainability rather than just monetary production.

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