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Power Problems • November 2, 2021 

# Spending Smarter: How to Fix the U.S. Military Budget 

The U.S. military budget is larger than those of the next 11 highest spenders combined. William Hartung, Director of the Arms & Security Program at the Center for International Policy discusses what cuts would make military spending more efficient.

**Show Notes**

- [William D. Hartung bio](https://www.internationalpolicy.org/people/William-Hartung)
- William D. Hartung, “[Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post‑9/​11 Pentagon Spending Surge](https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2021/ProfitsOfWar),” Watson Institute of Public and International Affairs, September 13, 2021.
- William D. Hartung, “[Profiteers of Armageddon: Explaining the Money Behind the Pentagon’s Nuclear Weapon Build Up](https://inkstickmedia.com/profiteers-of-armageddon/),” Inkstick Media, October 12, 2021.

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##### William D. Hartung 

Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

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##### John Glaser 

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