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Surveillance Capitalism.

The article discusses connections between U.S. militarism and capitalism since the end of World War II. Topics include economic aspects of the creation of the U.S. military-industrial complex, the evolution of the U.S. marketing industry as an aspect of monopoly capitalism, and domestic surveillance...

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Published in:Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 1 - 32
Main Authors: FOSTER, JOHN BELLAMY, MCCHESNEY, ROBERT W.
Format: Article
Published: Monthly Review Foundation Jul/Aug2014
Subjects:
United States
United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Militarism
Capitalism
Military-industrial complex
Economics
Mass surveillance
Financialization
Data mining
Military spending
Twentieth century
United States history
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Summary:The article discusses connections between U.S. militarism and capitalism since the end of World War II. Topics include economic aspects of the creation of the U.S. military-industrial complex, the evolution of the U.S. marketing industry as an aspect of monopoly capitalism, and domestic surveillance during the Vietnam War in relation to the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and its ARPANET network. The relation of financialization to data mining is noted.