Various items
Foreign Policy, March 2009, "The Worst Kind of Stimulus: why a global weapons boom is the last thing we need" by
Travis Sharp
from Fora TV[video]: Does the US Spend Too Much on Foreign Aid? - Peter Singer(longer version here).
??AIDS and Germ warfare [video]
Two items from 2007; I never posted them and they merit being noted:
Gary Farber discusses the reputation of Gregg Easterbrook, which he deems inflated.
CNN's Arwa Damon on prostitution in Iraq
finally, from Slate, Feb. 2003: "who's for the war, who's against it"
posted by Jonathan Versen @ 9:26 PM
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Gregg Easterbrook has tried in each of the last 3 decades to stifle environmental observation with "balanced" perspective that glorifies capitalism and makes environmental harms seem a price worth paying to have a glorious "economy." Easterbrook never honestly talks about real effects of pollution. His role is to make the NPR/PBS "liberals" and "progressives" feel good about not wanting to change things for the better, and/or not working to change things for the better.
A better analysis of how to balance capitalism and environmentalism comes from Paul Hawken. But I still disagree with Hawken, he has the same naive belief that libertarians have -- if you leave people alone (no laws or regs on business) they will do "what's right." I don't agree with that perspective at all.
I prefer Christopher Manes - Green Rage.
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