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, March 19, 2004. Study Group member David Bertau will be presenting his paper "Homeland Security: The Big Questions." David Berteau is a consultant with Clark and Weinstock, with over 15 years experience in senior defense management positions. He is a faculty member of Syracuse University's Maxwell School and serves on the NASA Advisory Council as a Public Administration representative. Berteau has previously served on three Defense Science Board task forces and two summer studies. We are delighted that he has agreed to present to the Study Group. Berteau wrote "Homeland Security: The Big Questions" with Professor Phil Joyce of George Washington University and Amy Donahue, Assistant Professor at University of Connecticut. We will provide you with his paper as soon as it is available. WHERE: Room 510, 66 W. 12th Street WHEN: FRIDAY, March 19th, 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 DATES: Friday, April 16, 2004 |
