Around the world, people are on the move. Across the United States and Japan, through the 1800s and 1900s, millions moved from farms and rural villages to the edges of fast-growing cities. China’s economic...
Most of the Middle East is troubled because most cities lack open societies and economies. State capitalism and socialism are the rule on most countries. Tradition-heavy societies regulated by entrenched elites is more the rule in world...
Hundreds of millions in the Great Migration are moving toward better opportunities. People “vote” for better governance with their feet, traveling from dysfunctional and less economically free communities to where labor is more highly...
It’s always a good time to review, restructure, and reduce federal programs long shown to be ineffective. This includes programs for foreign aid, and foreign policy regarding international terrorism, plus legal immigration, recent national...
“U.S. Presses China to Free Activists Scrutinizing Ivanka Trump Shoe Factory,” (New York Times, June 6, 2017) reports on labor activists detained by Chinese authorities and U.S. State Department pressure for their release. U.S....
From Unlucky Prehistoric Geography to Unfortunate Institutions TodayGregory Rehmke Presented at APEE Session: “Cultural and Geographic Links to Economic Growth.” April 8, 2002 Until very recently the only way people could get to Argentina...
Many proposals call for the European Union to increase skilled immigration, as well as reforms for less skilled immigrants and asylum seekers. Populist and nationalist groups say new immigrants will “take” jobs locals could...
Researching a 2014 debate topic on U.S./Middle East policy, costs for Kurdish refugee camp were reported: “U.S. government funding for refugees has reached $2.4 billion.” Building, operating, supplying, and protecting refugee camps can be...
Debate topics change from year to year, but economic principles stay the same. Political economy looks at the intersection of politics and economics, and every debate resolution has such an intersection. Established companies and...
For Stoa debaters, further down in this post, I argue the “best person of the twenty-first century” could be a homeschool debater standing up before the United Nations and world leaders to make the...
