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War
and Poverty, Peace and Prosperity
On May 30 - June 1, 2007 Economists for Peace and Security hosted the War and Poverty, Peace and Prosperity Conference at the Levy Economics Institute
of Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY. This is the first of what we intend to be a regular event.
Proceedings of the conference (48 page pdf)
Below are audio recordings and transcripts of the sessions along with the powerpoint presentations and photographs of the presentors.
PROGRAM:
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Thursday, May 31
Session I
The Comparative Economics of Global Security
Moderator: Jurgen Brauer, Augusta State University
Transcript of Session One
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Michael
Intriligator, UCLA, EPS Vice chair
Global Security and Human Security
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K. Maeve Powlick, Skidmore College
Interstate vs. Intrastate Wars in Africa |
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Alan Kuperman, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Mitigating the Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention: Lessons from Economics
Presentation slides
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Session II
Poverty, Conflict and Agriculture
Session co-organised by the Dutch/Flemish Chapter
of EPS and the Households in Conflict Network
Transcript of Session Two
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Tom Bundervoet, Free University
of Brussels, Belgium
Livestock, Crop Choice and Civil War: Evidence
from Burundi
Presentation Slides
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Philip Verwimp, University of Antwerp
and Ecares, University of Brussels, and Eleonora Nillesen,
DIW, Berlin
War, Peace and Coffee: Farm Level Evidence from
Rwanda
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Philip Verwimp, University of Antwerp; Tom Bundervoet, Free University of Brussels; and Richard Akresh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Civil War and Child Health in Burundi
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Luncheon keynote speaker - Linda Bilmes, Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
Transcript of keynote address
Session III
The Economics of Warfare and the Costs of War
Moderator: William Hartung, Arms Trade Research Center, World Policy Institute, the New School
Transcript of Session Three
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James Galbraith, University of Texas, EPS Chair
Equality and War: An Empirical Investigation
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Lloyd Jeff Dumas,
University of Texas - Dallas
Why Bombs Fall and Fail
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David Gold, The New School
Why Doesn't the United States Spend More on the
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Herbert Wulf, Bonn International
Center for Conversion
Privatizing war: the Renewed Rise of Private
Military Companies
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Session IV
Rethinking Post-Cold War US Security Policy: What
went wrong? How do we get it right?
Session co-organized by Carl Connetta of the Project
on Defense Alternatives
Moderator: Winslow Wheeler, Strauss Military Reform
Project, Center for Defense Information
Transcript of Session Four
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Carl Connetta, The Project on Defense Alternatives
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Michael Lind, New America Foundation |
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William Hartung, The Arms Trade Resource
Center, World Policy Institute, The New School |
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Session V
Space Economics and the Dis-economies of Space Weapons
Session sponsored by the Arsenault Family Foundation
Transcript of Session Five
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Richard Kaufman, The Bethesda Research Institute
The Arms Race in Space
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Nancy Gallagher, Center for International and Security
Studies at the Universityof Maryland
The Costs of U.S. Space Dominance
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Henry Hertzfeld, Space Policy Institute
Space Security and Economics
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Laura Grego, Union of Concerned Scientists
Space Security: Capabilities and Limits of Technical Solutions
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Dinner Keynote speaker - Barbara Bergmann, emerita at American
University and University of Maryland
Transcript of keynote address
Friday, June 1
Session VI
Avoiding War
Moderator: Jeff Madrick, Challenge Magazine
Transcript of Session Six
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Clark Abt, Cambridge College
Inexpensive Economics of Preparing for Terrorist
Attacks and Disaster |
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Solomon Polachek,
State University of New York - Binghampton
Democracy, Peace, and Trade
Presentation Slides |
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Charles
Anderton, College of Holy Cross
Institutionalizing and Safeguarding Peace
Presentation Slides
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Session VII
Constructing Peace in Post-conflict Zones with Innovative and Entrepreneurial Tools
Session sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Moderator: Thea Harvey, EPS
Transcript of Session Seven
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Romina Laouri, Tech4peace and Ashoka Foundation
Using technology to promote lasting communication and peace-building activities in Cyprus
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Amber Chand, The Amber Chand Collection
Working with craftswomen in conflict and post-conflict regions to offer business as a potent vehicle for sustainable development |
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Wim Naude,World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University Helsinki
Entrepreneurship against the odds: fragility and private firms with lessons from Africa
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Session VIII
Building a Secure America at Peace
Moderator: James K. Galbraith
Transcript of Session Eight
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Warren Mosler
Fighting for Jobs: War and Employment
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Eban Goodstein, Lewis &
Clark College
Global Warming Solutions for America
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Marcellus Andrews
Global Warming, Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans |
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