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
CHINA: DEMOCRATIZING THE WORLD’S NEXT SUPERPOWER a panel discussion with ANNE THURSTON and THOMAS BERNSTEIN Moderated by JAMES NOLT China has experienced sweeping economic and political reforms during the past several decades. These include widespread local elections with multiple candidates for each office. Many of the candidates who win are not the official candidates of the ruling Communist Party, nor even Party members. As yet such contested elections have not been extended to the national level. There is also growing personal freedom in China, though individual rights are still far less secure than in most Western countries. Are these developments the harbinger of an evolution to democracy or the mere window-dressing of an autocratic regime? Thursday, November 7, 2002, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Swayduck Auditorium, Ground 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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