A Strategy for Defense: Invest in People
Invest in health, education, the environment and innovative industries.
by Michael Renner and Molly O’Meara Sheehan, Intl Herald Tribune

A fraction of humanity enjoys unprecedented wealth and opportunity, while billions live brief, afflicted lives of unremitting toil for meager rewards. Yet surprisingly modest investments could break the vicious circle of poverty, disease, violence and environmental decline that is destabilizing the planet.
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