How Should We Pay for Increased Defence Spending - Director's View

How Should We Pay for Increased Defence Spending - Director's View

From Economy Insight by National Institute of Economic and Social Reseach

February 6, 2026 · 2 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the financial implications and strategies for funding increased defence spending as outlined in the Director's blog.

An AI generated short summary of the main points of the our Director's blog, originally published on 6 February 2026 on NIESR website: https://niesr.ac.uk/blog/how-should-we-pay-increased-defence-spending

Topics covered

  • defence spending
  • economic policy
  • budget allocation
  • national security
  • government funding

Keywords

  • defence
  • spending
  • economic policy
  • budget
  • national security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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