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.
World Policy on Air: Eric Alterman
Eric Alterman, Nation columnist and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute for 25 years, discusses President Obama's foreign policy as a dissapointment to liberals, and the President's future challenges both at home and in the Middle East.
The Myth of a Kinder, Gentler War
By Michael A. Cohen
We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. —George Bernard Shaw
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With President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit kicking off Monday evening, it may be an appropriate time to reflect on whether his newly formulated nuclear strategy is entirely consistent with his call for a “world free of nuclear weapons.” Or perhaps more critical&
