Moderated by Mary Ormsbee; 00:07 Ormsbee introduces the panel. The conversation starts in the middle of Thomas Powers’ biography; 01:00 Jed Duvall begins his discussion. He states Haiti really needs more education and clean water and less weapons like tear gas, sent from the United States; 02:20 Duvall talks about the book series “World Military and Social Expenditures†written by Ruth Sivard. He continues to talk about the American people that have benefitted from the money made selling goods to other countries; 06:03 Thomas Powers begins his discussion. He talks about the heart of the arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States; 09:06 Powers talks about the European order before 1914; 12:15 Powers talks about the conflicts in Central America; 14:05 Angela Delli Sante begins her discussion. She goes over figures and expenditures spent on arms; 15:30 Delli Sante talks about material deprivation in underdeveloped countries; 24:53 Delli Sante talks about the political and civil liberties related to the arms race; 28:10 Delli Sante looks at a way the world can use all the money geared towards the arm race and spend it on better things that would create more peace and less poverty for developing countries; 35:05 Eric Casino begins his discussion. He first talks about the situation in the Philippines; 39:52 Casino mentions, you cannot compare the arms race with trade; 40:21 Audience member asks Delli Sante for a reference of all the statistics she presented; 41:57 Audience member asks Delli Sante if there is a place where no amount of money can change it. In other words, even if money is sent to developing countries for education, some countries will go to extra efforts to kill or reeducate its educated people and the money will have gone to waste; 45:10 Audience member asks Duvall a question about how the media covers the arms race; 47:19 Delli Sante addresses a previous question about the money sent to developing countries; 54:28 Audience member asks Casino a question about Cory Aquino becoming a hostage of the United States; 56:00 Audience member asks Duvall about a widely felt impression that the media has not done a good job covering the arms control treaty and the fear people have about the topic; 01:03:03 Audience member asks the panel for an example of creating a situation in order to spur the arms race; 01:03:36 Audience member asks Duvall if it was a media problem or political problem as to why people have not heard about the invasion in Honduras; 01:05:28 Audience member asks about a black out in the news media regarding Honduras; 01:11:33 Audience member asks the panel how much money is actually paid for by developing countries on arms; 01:15:04 Audience member asks Duvall and Delli Sante what kind of incentive we could give to ensure peacekeeping without spending millions of dollars; 01:22:47 Audience member talks about the investment to create jobs over the investment spent in the military; 01:34:08 Audience member offers ideas for stopping the arms race; 01:35:00 Audience member asks whether we need to start controlling transnational corporations to produce better products like food and asks whether agribusiness is related to what is happening to the supply of food in developing countries; 01:38:10 Audience member asks about profitability and internalizing costs; 01:42:03 Panel ends.
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Moderated by Mary Ormsbee; 00:07 Ormsbee introduces the panel. The conversation starts in the middle of Thomas Powers’ biography; 01:00 Jed Duvall begins his discussion. He states Haiti really needs more education and clean water and less weapons like tear gas, sent from the United States; 02:20 Duvall talks about the book series “World Military and Social Expenditures†written by Ruth Sivard. He continues to talk about the American people that have benefitted from the money made selling goods to other countries; 06:03 Thomas Powers begins his discussion. He talks about the heart of the arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States; 09:06 Powers talks about the European order before 1914; 12:15 Powers talks about the conflicts in Central America; 14:05 Angela Delli Sante begins her discussion. She goes over figures and expenditures spent on arms; 15:30 Delli Sante talks about material deprivation in underdeveloped countries; 24:53 Delli Sante talks about the political and civil liberties related to the arms race; 28:10 Delli Sante looks at a way the world can use all the money geared towards the arm race and spend it on better things that would create more peace and less poverty for developing countries; 35:05 Eric Casino begins his discussion. He first talks about the situation in the Philippines; 39:52 Casino mentions, you cannot compare the arms race with trade; 40:21 Audience member asks Delli Sante for a reference of all the statistics she presented; 41:57 Audience member asks Delli Sante if there is a place where no amount of money can change it. In other words, even if money is sent to developing countries for education, some countries will go to extra efforts to kill or reeducate its educated people and the money will have gone to waste; 45:10 Audience member asks Duvall a question about how the media covers the arms race; 47:19 Delli Sante addresses a previous question about the money sent to developing countries; 54:28 Audience member asks Casino a question about Cory Aquino becoming a hostage of the United States; 56:00 Audience member asks Duvall about a widely felt impression that the media has not done a good job covering the arms control treaty and the fear people have about the topic; 01:03:03 Audience member asks the panel for an example of creating a situation in order to spur the arms race; 01:03:36 Audience member asks Duvall if it was a media problem or political problem as to why people have not heard about the invasion in Honduras; 01:05:28 Audience member asks about a black out in the news media regarding Honduras; 01:11:33 Audience member asks the panel how much money is actually paid for by developing countries on arms; 01:15:04 Audience member asks Duvall and Delli Sante what kind of incentive we could give to ensure peacekeeping without spending millions of dollars; 01:22:47 Audience member talks about the investment to create jobs over the investment spent in the military; 01:34:08 Audience member offers ideas for stopping the arms race; 01:35:00 Audience member asks whether we need to start controlling transnational corporations to produce better products like food and asks whether agribusiness is related to what is happening to the supply of food in developing countries; 01:38:10 Audience member asks about profitability and internalizing costs; 01:42:03 Panel ends.
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