PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess
The Pentagon Cut Debate just-played-the-entire-media/284058/
Cutting the Pentagon to Pre-WWII
Defense Budgets
Decline of the Tea Party politics/archive/2014/02/th e-republican- establishments-war-on- the-tea-party-is- working/284072/
Decline of the Tea Party getting-their-act-together/284121/
All-Out Political Combat lehane.html?src=dayp&_r=0
Next Reading Reflections
Moral / Distributional Divide Are we the 1%? Are we “bridge people?” What are our responsibilities?
Reading Reflections
Observations Income share stability Poverty vs. a middle class problem? Wealth vs. income
Compassion
Compassion What is hurtful to you… Disrespect? Betrayal? What causes you to be hurtful to others… Lack of empathy? Anger? Out group stereotypes? Dehumanization?
Tolerance cs/archive/2014/03/lots-of- people-who-support-gay- marriage-think-gay-sex-is- immoral/284171/
Compassion Gap
Optimal Inequality inequality.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=1 Equality Prosperity
War on Poverty: 50 years Later
Poorly Conceived Anti-Poverty Programs fathers/283984/
Misuse of Facts altimes.com/Articl es/2014/03/04/Ec onomists-Say- Paul-Ryan- Misrepresented- Their-Research
Reading Reflections
Reading Discussion Topics Murray and readings? Breaking the cycle of poverty Bridging the culture stereotype gap 1 st World/ 3 rd World Excuses vs. reasons Intelligent machine age labor market? Complexity-based war on poverty? Threat to democracy, stability? Critics must offer alternative or explain why it’s not a problem. Declining role of agriculture, manufacturing A 99% Occupy Wall Street protest? Precariate Why did civil unrest of the 60’s go away?
Big Discussion Topics The threat, Stein’s Law, “things that can’t go on like this don’t” Full employment model? Cultural change at top and bottom?
What Should We Do About Ukraine?
Ukraine 03/06/opinion/kristof-whos- the-villain- here.html?hp&rref=opinion The problem with us Americans is that we think we should solve every problem. Do just do something, stand there!
Soviet Union
NATO Today
What Should We Do About Ukraine?
Ukraine 03/06/opinion/kristof-whos- the-villain- here.html?hp&rref=opinion The problem with us Americans is that we think we should solve every problem. Do just do something, stand there!
Dispute Chains & Chess Think as many moves ahead as possible then go for strategic position
Syria like-in-the-west
Who Needs Aid?
1 st / 3 rd World Problems DEoDY
Africa for Norway orway.no/ orway.no/why