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 World Policy Institute THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS REVISITED: FORTY YEARS LATER A panel discussion with ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. NINA KRUSHCHEVA WAYNE SMITH CARLOS ALZUGARAY Moderated by CELESTINE BOHLEN With October 2002 marking the fortieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, we are at a moment where we can reconsider the meaning of this extraordinary event for our own times. Did the crisis signal a turning point in the Cold War? Did it have any long-term impact on the geopolitical strategies of the two contending powers, America and the Soviet Union? What was its effect on relationships between the U. S. and Latin America? Did it prove to be the genesis for the anti-nuclear movements? How will historians sixty or one hundred years from now appraise the significance of the event? Was the crisis truly a pivot on which history revolved or will it be seen as a mere blip on the historical radar screen? These and other questions are to be addressed by the panelists. Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 6:00-8:00 p.m. RSVP 212-229-5808 ext. 4272 to reserve seating or
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