Visions of a Peace Economy

by Sylvester Brown, Jr.

My vision of a peace economy is reliant on a country with re-shaped and realigned priorities. After ten years of war and vengeance I seek a new path with at least 10 years of recovery and investment … Read More

By Johannes Wich-Schwarz, PEP Board Member

7/21/2009

713,100,000,000

Is this the number of stars in the sky?  No. It is the amount of dollars spent by the United States on military expenses this year. It is so terrifying. Why, oh why, do we … Read More

by Abbe Sudvarg

As a Family Practice physician who takes care of the underinsured (about 50% of my adult patients have no insurance at all), my first thoughts about a Peace Economy include an image of a society where all of … Read More

by Carla Mae Streeter, OP
Aquinas Institute of Theology
St. Louis / Summer 2008

We can dream, can’t we? “Without vision the people parish.!” said Teddy Roosevelt back in 1933, quoting the bible. So, retreating from the demands of my burdened desk, … Read More

by Charles P. Kindleberger

What would a “peace economy” look like? How can we envision such a thing? But wait you say – isn’t that a stupid exercise in this age of wars in some countries and tension in plenty of … Read More

by Jasmin Maurer

In a peace economy, people would be treated like people. Society’s first aim would be to ensure that everyone’s needs are met. That no one goes hungry or homeless. All people would be respected, their rights protected, their … Read More

by Tila Neguse

What does a Peace Economy mean to me?

I feel like for the first time in years, people are talking about lowering defense spending in this country and this is big! conservatives and progressives, democrats and republicans alike are … Read More