Which is one of the ways that the cold war affected the u. s. economy?

Well, there was no funding for WAR. It was more of competition.
It affected the U.S economy because the U.S was trying to prevent communism to spread in the East and Europe cause of the domino effect. So what happened during the domino effect was that U.S sent supply and aid to various countries so the countries would favor the U.S more.