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Advocacy is Not a Spectator Sport
Jonathan Schell, writer for The Nation
and visiting lecturer at Yale University, underscores that a stronger
citizen based advocacy movement is necessary to encourage political
leaders to work towards nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear disarmament is an important issue that
needs to be addressed by the world political leaders. Others are
getting what they want; why not you? But, there's a
catch: you have to tell your Congressmen what you want.
Please do your part by joining Daisy Alliance and help make the world free from WMD.
A voice is not heard until it speaks.
Have you spoken?
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Special Issue
Security and the Economy
This
month's newsletter focuses on international security through an
economic lens. We all know of the difficulties facing the
economy, both at the domestic and global level, and that is an
important issue that the incoming administration will have to
face. Economic stability is essential to international security,
yet how to rebuild that stability is a question on everyone's
mind. The following articles address economic issues from
a variety of perspectives. Some of the authors below argue that
high scale investment in the economy through economic stimulus packages
and private sector subsidies are necessary to jump start the
economy. Others take a more conservative approach, arguing that
too much government intervention in the economy could be ruinous.
Daisy Alliance invites you to read the articles featured in this month's newsletter and post your opinions on our Blog.
To what degree should the government intervene in the economy?
What is the best way to recover from the current economic
troubles? Should the government focus on green energy investment
to combat both economic turbulence and global warming at the same
time? We look forward to hearing your opinions!
"Green, Easy and Wrong" The Economist
This
article addresses the push by domestic and international actors to
stimulate the economy by subsidizing the green movement. Can
government investment in green technology successfully integrate the
problems of economic meltdown and global warming and combat both
problems at the same time? The author argues that while green
energy should be an important focus of U.S. government policy, the
issues need to remain separate. Government subsidies have the
potential to worsen the economic crisis.
Steve Forbes presents a more optimistic view of the current
economic crisis. He argues that liberal economic policy brought
on the problem, but it is possible to pull out with minimal effort if
governments choose policies that promote, rather than hinder,
growth. The cash is available, Forbes argues, but countries are
reluctant to release it into the economy. The U.S. government
needs to make smart policy choices rather than increasing regulations
and taxes that would inhibit economic recovery.
Robert Pollin states that a large scale government stimulus
package is needed to end the recession. He argues for the need to
focus on economic stimulus to citizens and green public investment to
both revitalize the economy and take immediate steps to reverse global
warming. Economic stimulus will stabilize individual households,
allowing people to reinvest in the economy, while green public
investment will create domestic middle class jobs, keeping the
investment within the U.S.
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