War and Poverty, Peace and Prosperity Conference
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. View the proceedings of the conference.
Program
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Welcoming Remarks (transcript)
James K. Galbraith — Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, EPS Chair
Dimitri Papadimitriou — President, the Levy Economics Insititute of Bard College
Warren Mosler — sponsor of the conference
Keynote Address: Michael Lind — New America Foundation (transcript)
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Session One: The Comparative Economics of Global Security (transcript)
Moderator: Jurgen Brauer — Augusta State University
Michael Intriligator — UCLA, EPS Vice chair
Global Security and Human Security (presentation)K. Maeve Powlick — Skidmore College
Interstate vs. Intrastate Wars in AfricaAlan Kuperman — Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Mitigating the Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention: Lessons from Economics (presentation, original paper)
Session Two: Poverty, Conflict and Agriculture (transcript)
Session co-organised by the Dutch/Flemish Chapter of EPS and the Households in Conflict Network
Tom Bundervoet — Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Livestock, Crop Choice and Civil War: Evidence from Burundi (presentation)Philip Verwimp — University of Antwerp and Ecares, University of Brussels and Eleonora Nillesen — DIW, Berlin
War, Peace and Coffee: Farm Level Evidence from Rwanda (presentation)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 (presentation)
Luncheon Keynote: Linda Bilmes — Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (transcript)
Session Three: The Economics of Warfare and the Costs of War (transcript)
Moderator: William Hartung — Arms Trade Research Center, World Policy Institute, the New School
James Galbraith — University of Texas, EPS Chair
Equality and War: An Empirical Investigation (presentation)Lloyd Jeff Dumas — University of Texas at Dallas
Why Bombs Fall and FailDavid Gold — The New School
Why Doesn't the United States Spend More on the Military?Herbert Wulf — Bonn International Center for Conversion
Privatizing war: the Renewed Rise of Private Military Companies
Session Four: Rethinking Post-Cold War US Security Policy: What went wrong? How do we get it right? (transcript)
Session co-organized by Carl Connetta of the Project on Defense Alternatives
Moderator: Winslow Wheeler — Strauss Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information
Carl Connetta — The Project on Defense Alternatives
Michael Lind — New America Foundation
William Hartung — The Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy Institute, The New School
Session Five: Space Economics and the Dis-economies of Space Weapons (transcript)
Session sponsored by the Arsenault Family Foundation
Richard Kaufman — The Bethesda Research Institute
The Arms Race in SpaceNancy Gallagher — Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland
The Costs of US Space DominanceHenry Hertzfeld — Space Policy Institute
Space Security and Economics (presentation)Laura Grego — Union of Concerned Scientists
Space Security: Capabilities and Limits of Technical Solutions (presentation)
Dinner Keynote: Barbara Bergmann — emerita at American University and University of Maryland (transcript)
Friday, June 1, 2007
Session Six: Avoiding War (transcript)
Moderator: Jeff Madrick — Challenge Magazine
Clark Abt — Cambridge College
Inexpensive Economics of Preparing for Terrorist Attacks and DisasterSolomon Polachek — State University of New York at Binghamton
Democracy, Peace, and Trade (presentation)Charles Anderton — College of Holy Cross
Institutionalizing and Safeguarding Peace (presentation)
Session Seven: Constructing Peace in Post-conflict Zones with Innovative and Entrepreneurial Tools (transcript)
Session sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Moderator: Thea Harvey — EPS
Romina Laouri — Tech4peace and Ashoka Foundation
Using technology to promote lasting communication and peace-building activities in Cyprus (presentation)Amber Chand — The Amber Chand Collection
Working with craftswomen in conflict and post-conflict regions to offer business as a potent vehicle for sustainable developmentWim Naude — World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University Helsinki
Entrepreneurship against the odds: fragility and private firms with lessons from Africa (presentation)
Session Eight: Building a Secure America at Peace (transcript)
Moderator: James K. Galbraith
Warren Mosler
Fighting for Jobs: War and Employment (presentation)Eban Goodstein — Lewis & Clark College
Global Warming Solutions for America (presentation)Marcellus Andrews
Global Warming, Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
