Policy Paper: Fairly Trading the World's Timber .jpg)
Reducing timber loss through responsible management of the world’s forest stock has the power to reduce poverty, conflict, and greenhouse gases. This policy paper details efforts to date and provides comprehensive proposals for much needed action.
Age of Greed
WPI Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick describes the history of how greed has bred America’s economic ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsible for them. He recounts the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth that has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who have argued that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns.
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FALL 2002 LECTURE SERIES
THE AMERICAN EMPIRE: CAN IT ENDURE? a panel discussion with DAVID FROMKIN and MARK DANNER Moderated by JAMES CHACE Can anyone doubt that the United States is an imperium? An informal one, to be sure, but the magnitude of the American economy is twice as large as its sometime rival Japan, and its military budget is greater than the next twenty biggest spenders combined. The Bush administration is now willing to intervene unilaterally and massively across the globe. This marks a decisive turning point in American history. But what of the future? Can any empire wield enough power to keep its enemies and former allies from combining against it? And in the twenty-first century, is America not more vulnerable than at any time in its history as a nation? These and other questions will be addressed by the panelists. Thursday, November 21, 2002, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Swayduck Auditorium, First Floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14th). Admission is free. RSVP 212-229-5808 ext. 4272 to reserve seating or
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