How We Can Replace Defense Jobs
August 21, 2012 | As the post-9-11 wars finally begin to end, we can shrink the Pentagon budget. Here is a three-part strategy for replacing the jobs currently dependent on military production we don't need.
Articles by Miriam Pemberton
Base Closures: How to Reap Savings from Base Realignment and Closure This Time
July 9, 2012 | As we enter a new period of postwar downsizing, a new BRAC can achieve substantial savings that Congress professes to crave.
New Economy Transformation: Obama Budget Won’t Help
February 16, 2012 | The military spending cut is real for the first time, but only about one percent of the Pentagon's total.
Obama’s New Military Strategy Doesn’t Add Up
January 9, 2012 | What happened to the idea of saving money?
Military Spending is the Weakest Job Creator
December 12, 2011 | A study commissioned by the largest defense industry trade association says that military spending creates jobs. The facts, however, indicate otherwise.
Sequestering Military Spending
November 21, 2011 | Even if sequestration cuts across all military programs, this sort of ham-handed approach is safely doable.
America Is Not Broke
November 21, 2011 | How to pay for the crisis while making the country more equitable, green, and secure.
Remembering Claudette Munson
August 17, 2011 | Among the leaders of a movement to turn the end of the Cold War into economic opportunity was a mother of four in St. Paul, Minnesota, who had spent 14 years soldering circuit boards for nuclear submarines. Claudette Munson died of cancer on July 25.
Will Panetta Help the State Department?
August 8, 2011 | It is official U.S. doctrine that defense, diplomacy and development are co-equal contributors to our security.
Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for the United States
June 30, 2011 | With military cuts now on the negotiating table, here's a set of expert recommendations on what to cut and yet keep us safe and secure.