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So, an honest person who wants to argue in the current political context that cutting military spending is a bad idea because it will reduce employment in the short run must argue a second-order effect: they must claim that government deficit spending on the military is more efficient than other forms of government deficit spending being considered in boosting employment.

Robert Naiman: Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts is Bogus Robert Naiman 2011

So, an honest person who wants to argue in the current political context that cutting military spending is a bad idea because it will reduce employment in the short run must argue a second-order effect: they must claim that government deficit spending on the military is more efficient than other forms of government deficit spending being considered in boosting employment.

Robert Naiman: Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts is Bogus Robert Naiman 2011

So, an honest person who wants to argue in the current political context that cutting military spending is a bad idea because it will reduce employment in the short run must argue a second-order effect: they must claim that government deficit spending on the military is more efficient than other forms of government deficit spending being considered in boosting employment.

Robert Naiman: Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts is Bogus Robert Naiman 2011

There are important second-order stories that you can tell about how some things the government can do to increase its deficit are better at boosting the economy than others, a matter to which we return below.

Robert Naiman: Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts is Bogus Robert Naiman 2011

There are important second-order stories that you can tell about how some things the government can do to increase its deficit are better at boosting the economy than others, a matter to which we return below.

Robert Naiman: Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts is Bogus Robert Naiman 2011

By extracting interesting inferences from simple mathematically formulated models, exploiting effectively the second-order conditions of maximization procedures, he derived results which still today rank among the classical theorems of economics.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006 2010

Calls for greater accountability on the part of US forces, intelligence actors, and their Afghan counterparts, have often been treated as a second-order priority by military and civilian officials.

Erica Gaston: Why Oversight Matters: The Consequences of Hiring Criminals and Insurgents to Guard US Bases Erica Gaston 2010

No doubt there are second-order effects of job creation as well, but wage data obviously tells us nothing at all about either their magnitude or their sign.

Comment of the Week, 2003-04-30, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But for Premier Wen Jiabao and the decision makers on the State Council, that is a second-order concern.

Sinking Chance of Floating Yuan Tom Orlik 2011

There are important second-order stories that you can tell about how some things the government can do to increase its deficit are better at boosting the economy than others, a matter to which we return below.

Robert Naiman: Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts is Bogus Robert Naiman 2011