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.
WPI - Arms Trade Resource Center: Economics of Security Study Group
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ARMS TRADE RESOURCE CENTER
The next meeting of the Study Group on the Economics of Security in a Post-9/11 World will be held Friday, April 16, 2004. Our topic is "Who's Afraid of the Military Industrial Complex? -- A Fair and Balanced View of the Power of the Arms Lobby." The presenter is Study Group Co-Convener William D. Hartung, Director of the Arms Trade Resource Center at the World Policy Institute, and author, most recently, of How Much Are You Making on the War, Daddy? -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration (Nation Books/Avalon Group, 2004). WHERE: Room 720, 66 Fifth Avenue (betweem 12th and 13th) WHEN: FRIDAY, April 16, 2:30 TO 4 P.M. RSVP TO: Frida Berrigan, berrigaf@newschool.edu Co-sponsored by: The Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) and the World Policy Institute at New School University (NSU) Convenors: David Gold, Master's Program in International Affairs, New School University and Bill Hartung, Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy Institute UPCOMING STUDY GROUP DATE: Friday, May 14, 2004, 2:30-4:00pm |
