World-News

Strike the Root
by Glen Allport

07/11/11

Unless you are a hard-core libertarian, you probably haven t heard much about the non-aggression principle, or NAP. That s a shame, because the NAP is what would have saved the world from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, from the BP Gulf of Mexico spill (and worse, the toxic response that followed), from the depleted-uranium-spewing wars and corrupt occupations the United States has been bankrupting itself with in the Middle East, and from other major disasters and systemic risks as well - had it only been widely understood and enforced...

http://tinyurl.com/6zhbjke



Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest

Christian Science Monitor
by Michael Shank

07/11/11

Looking to save the world trillions of dollars? How about investing in peace and nonviolence? Australia s Institute for Economics and Peace recently released its 2011 Global Peace Index, citing a veritable 'who's who' of peaceful countries. It counted up the savings had the world been at peace: more than $8 trillion last year, and almost $38 trillion over the five years since the index was started. Think of what a country such as the United States - which does not fare well on the index - could do with that kind of change...

http://tinyurl.com/6cznkga


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=non-aggression+principle
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=nonviolence
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Fukushima
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oil+spill
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=depleted+uranium
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=occupation
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glen+Allport
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Shank
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