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.
Pre-event Discussion with David A. Andelman
"Pre-event Discussion with WPJ Editor David A. Andelman"
Followed by a conversation between Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Newsweek International's Fareed Zakaria.
World Policy Journal Editor DAVID A. ANDELMAN will lead a pre-event discussion in the form of a Town Hall, at the 92nd Street Y on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 6:30. The subject will be American and World Affairs and will designed to prelude the conversation that will follow on the Y's "main stage" between Newsweek's editor Jon Meacham and Newsweek International's editor Fareed Zakaria. (In the interest of full disclosure, these tow gentlemen will not be present for the Town Hall pre-event discussion).
The 92nd Street Y is introducing its new current-events discussion series, designed to enhance audience engagement in its lecture series. These thought-provoking conversations will be led by global affairs expert and World Policy Journal editor DAVID A. ANDELMAN. He will also lead pre-event discussions on May 6 and May 27.
When:
Wednesday, March 17
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Where:
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212.415.5500
Click here for directions.
RSVP:
The cost of the pre-discussion is $13, and you can purchase tickets for the pre-event discussion and lecture at the Y website or by phoning the 92Y's box office-Y-Charge at 212-415-5500.
About the Speakers:
David A. Andelman is Editor of World Policy Journal and the author of three books, most recently A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today (John Wiley & Sons, 2007). Previously he served as Executive Editor of Forbes.com, the world's largest business and financial website. Earlier, he was a domestic and foreign correspondent for The New York Times in various posts in New York and Washington, as Southeast Asia bureau chief based in Bangkok, then East European bureau chief based in Belgrade; and Paris correspondent for CBS News.
For the first time, Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International appear together on our stage to discuss America's role in the world. Jon Meacham is the editor of Newsweek and the author of Franklin and Winston and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International. His stories and columns on subjects from globalization and emerging markets to the Middle East and America's role in the world reach more than 25 million readers weekly. He is also the host of the weekly international news program, Fareed Zakaria GPS, which airs on CNN. His most recent book is the national bestseller, The Post-American World.
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