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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 - November 19, 2004
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ARMS TRADE RESOURCE CENTER Dear Friends, We know that all of you are still trying to digest the streams of information coming out of the election. We interrupt this reverie to announce the details of the next meeting of the Economics of Security in the Post 9-11 World Study Group. We are delighted to welcome Winslow Wheeler to discuss his new book, "THE WASTRELS OF DEFENSE: How Congress Sabotages U. S. Security" (Naval Institute Press, 2004). Mr. Wheeler is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Defense Information in Washington who spent 30 years working on Capital Hill, on the staffs of both Democratic and Republican Senators, and for the General Accounting Office. He was recently on 60 Minutes (October 31, 2004), commenting on equipment deficiencies for US military personnel in Iraq. We will be sending selections from his writing along with the next email Please join us. WHERE: Room 720, 66 Fifth Avenue (betweem 12th and 13th) WHEN: FRIDAY, November 19, 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 Schedule for 2004/2005 Study Group Session: **December 10, 2004, 66 Fifth Ave., Room 720 **January 21, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510 **February 25, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510 **March 18, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510 **April 22, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510 **May 20, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510 |
