Distributor from jacket. Based on a Cato Institute conference on the United Nations held in October 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The record and relevance of the World Bank and the IMF / Ian Vásquez. The United Nations and the politics of reform / Michael Stopford -- The creation, fall, rise, and fall of the United Nations / John R. Bolton -- UN military missions as a snare for America / Doug Bandow -- Using the United Nations to advance U.S. interests / Robert B. Oakley -- UN military missions and the imperial presidency: internationalism by the back door / Alan Tonelson -- Getting UN military operations back to basics / John Hillen -- Systemic corruption at the United Nations / Stefan Halper -- Should the United Nations have the authority to levy taxes? / Daniel Gouré -- Reforming the United Nations / Edward Luck -- The United Nations and the myth of overpopulation / Sheldon Richman -- A clean and comfortable planet without global regulation / Ronald Bailey -- Why we need the United Nations to protect the global environment / Gareth Porter -- Does the World Health Organization return good value to American taxpayers? / Richard E. Wagner -- Using the United Nations to advance sustainable growth with equity / Roy D. Morey -- The impact of the UN's "Development activities" on Third World development / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Nongovernmental organizations and international development bureaucracies / Michael Maren -- The record and relevance of the World Bank and the IMF / Ian Vásquez.
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