Butter (and Schools), Not Guns (and Warfare)

Butter (and Schools), Not Guns (and Warfare)

Guns or butter. Butter or guns. Can we have both? If not, which should come first? Consider it one of those chicken-and-egg conundrums of modern society. “Guns” is the stand-in for a well-funded military and “butter” for all the human goods, comforts and needs of a society. Economists, politicians and generals have long considered the balance of guns and butter. Wage too many wars, produce too many arms, and there won’t be enough money to keep a…