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17 hours ago ago from Theology in the Vineyard
Where is Seymour Melman whe we need him? The brilliant teacher and professor at Columbia died around this time at age 87, 5 years ago. His research on the permanent war economy of the US was invaluable. Melman consistently showed that an equivalent sum of money poured into civilian projects would literally recreate the United States. Instead the war mongers that Eisenhower warned of in 1961 had their way and the uconscionable waste on ...
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