{"id":7874,"date":"2025-03-26T12:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2025-03-26T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:19:58","slug":"%f0%9f%93%8a-new-report-release-missouris-military-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/%f0%9f%93%8a-new-report-release-missouris-military-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcca New Report Release: Missouri\u2019s Military Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How dependent is Missouri\u2019s economy on the military-industrial complex? What\u2019s the real cost of that dependence?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Peace Economy Project is proud to release a groundbreaking new report authored by Senior Peace Fellow <strong>Eric Lin<\/strong>, titled <em>Missouri\u2019s Military Economics: A 2023 Overview of the Economy, Market, and Key Stakeholders<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This comprehensive analysis reveals just how deeply entrenched the state of Missouri is in military-related industries, from federal contracts to base operations and private sector partnerships. With over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/boeing-wins-846-bln-worth-multiple-defense-department-contracts\" title=\"\"><strong>$9 billion in Department of Defense contracts<\/strong>\u2014<strong>81% of which go to Boeing alone<\/strong><\/a>\u2014this report exposes the scale of Missouri\u2019s economic reliance on military spending and the vulnerabilities that come with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Key highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Missouri\u2019s military-related sector accounts for <strong>9% of the state\u2019s GDP<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Military contracts heavily concentrated in St. Louis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Tens of thousands of jobs tied to weapons manufacturing, aerospace, and defense services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Major military installations like Fort Leonard Wood and Whiteman Air Force Base have significant economic sway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Missouri\u2019s military economy is a high-output, high-pay sector\u2014but what is it costing us in terms of missed opportunities for investment in <strong>healthcare, education, infrastructure, and clean energy<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Why it matters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=15\" title=\"\">Peace Economy Project<\/a>, we believe security isn\u2019t measured in bombs or stealth bombers\u2014it\u2019s found in resilient communities, strong public services, and sustainable futures. This report gives us the data we need to push for <strong>budget justice and demilitarization<\/strong>\u2014reallocating resources away from weapons and toward human needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u270a Join us in imagining a different future\u2014one where public dollars uplift, rather than destroy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udce5 <strong>Download the full report:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Missouri-Military-Economics-Eric-Lin.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Missouri Military Economics, Eric Lin.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-471e27c3-072e-4d91-9a42-6c51bd5191fe\" href=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Missouri-Military-Economics-Eric-Lin.pdf\">Missouri Military Economics, Eric Lin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Missouri-Military-Economics-Eric-Lin.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-471e27c3-072e-4d91-9a42-6c51bd5191fe\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri receives more than $9 billion in Department of Defense contracts annually\u201481% of which go to a single company, Boeing. In this eye-opening report, Missouri\u2019s Military Economics, Senior Peace Fellow Eric Lin explores how military spending shapes the state\u2019s economy and raises urgent questions about priorities. What if these billions were invested in education, healthcare, or clean energy instead of weapons? This report invites Missourians to consider a future beyond war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,9,215],"tags":[169,233,284,232,283],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pep","category-releases","tag-boeing","tag-defense-budget-2","tag-economic-justice","tag-military-spending","tag-missouri"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-photo-6801648.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7877,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions\/7877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}