Internet in the United States Internet in the United States The Internet in the United States grew out of the ARPANET, a network sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense during the 1960s. The Internet in the United States in turn provided the foundation for the worldwide Internet of today. Internet access in the United States is largely provided by the private sector and is available in a variety of forms, using a variety of technologies, at a wide range of speeds and costs. In 2015, 97.5% of Americans were using the Internet, which ranks the U.S. 4th out
Economics of defense uses macroeconomic and microeconomic tools such as game theory, comparative statistic, growth theory and econometrics. In addition to defense proper, defense economics covers other aspects, such as disarmament and arms conversion. In terms of economics, a distinctive feature of the defense is that it is public goods, and as such it is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous. As such, it may suffer the so-called "free rider problem". In the Neoclassical theory, military spending can be considered as a public good. Indeed, the government acts as a rational agent, it tries to maximise the welfare of society by taking into account the