Bush’s big gamble : the economic incentives of war / Thomas Furgeson ; interviewed by Lance Davidson.

Thomas Furgeson, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, discusses the economics of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He examines the flow of surplus oil sales monies to London and New York, the Kuwaiti investment in the United States, and how United States actions around the world are not consistent with its stated reasons for going to war in the Gulf. He goes on to examine what the U.S. will do after either a short or long war, and also examines the fiscal impact of increased military spending as a result of the conflict.|BUSH’S BIG GAMBLE : THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES OF WAR / Thomas Furgeson| interviewed by Lance Davidson. – Thomas Furgeson, professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, discusses the economics of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He examines the flow of surplus oil sales monies to London and New York, the Kuwaiti investment in the United States, and how U.S. actions around the world are not consistent with its stated reasons for going to war in the Gulf. He goes on to examine what the U.S. will do after either a short or long war, and also examines the fiscal impact of increased military spending as a result of the conflict. BROADCAST: KPFK, 28 Jan. 1991.