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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 - October 15, 2004
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ARMS TRADE RESOURCE CENTER Dear Friends, So far we have had a good response for the Fall semester's first meeting of the "Study Group on the Economics of Security in the Post 9/11 World." We look forward to hearing that more of you will attend. Our topic will be "Economic and Budgetary Aspects of the War on Terror," led by David Gold, Professor of Economics with the New School's Graduate Program in International Affairs and Cindy Williams, Senior Research Fellow in MIT's Security Studies Program. Professor Gold's "Some Economic Considerations in the U.S. War on Terrorism," which was published in The Quarterly Journal, and Professor Williams' "Paying for the War on Terrorism: U.S. Security Choices since 9/11," a paper prepared for an ECAAR Panel on "Real Homeland Security" are attached as PDF files. A more in-depth article by Professor Gold can be found on Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), as a teaching case study, Economics of Terrorism, www.ciaonet.org/casestudy/god01 We hope you will join us for this timely and stimulating discussion. After this message, please find a complete list of the dates and locations of upcoming study group meetings. WHERE: Room 720, 66 Fifth Avenue (betweem 12th and 13th) WHEN: FRIDAY, October 15, 2004, 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 Please RSVP to Frida Berrigan at berrigaf@newschool.edu Schedule for 2004/2005 Study Group Session October 15, 2004, 66 W 12th; Room 510 |
