The central arguments against this position have been made by economists like Seymour Melman, Lloyd J. Dumas and John Ullmann.
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The term refers to the economic component within the military-industrial complex (MIC) (aka. "the Iron Triangle") whereby the collusion between militarism and war profiteering are manifest as a permanently subsidised industry.
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