Buy the bullet: global defence spending

Published: May 2, 2019, 9:55 a.m.

Governments the world over are beefing up defence spending\u2014chief among them America\u2019s and China\u2019s. But some aggressive countries\u2019 budgets are actually shrinking. May Day protests in France took a violent turn this year, and that complicates President Macron\u2019s efforts to calm an already protest-prone populace. And, academics have been trying to determine which English-speaking country produces the most bullshit.