Prices are falling for travel by bus, ship, train, car, and airplane. For tourists, this is good news. It now costs much less to tour the country and the world. As travel costs fall,...
Debaters are unusual and among the few engaged in public policy debates not guided or influenced by special interests. America’s founders used the term factions, and argued that when government meddles in the economy it...
Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg’s TED2005 talk Global priorities bigger than climate change has nearly 1.5 million views. Commenters can critics disagree with Lomborg and argue climate change should be the biggest priority. Unlike many critics of...
Imagine a young Ebenezer Scrooge debating the foreign aid or international terrorism topics. How do we best reduce poverty and conflict in the developing world? Scrooge competed in an early 1800s English debating society...
New frontiers of scientific discovery can fill us with wonder and excitement. New planets or meteors or subatomic particles discovered, or new medical breakthroughs to cure diseases, new flying cars, energy sources, or nanotech...
NCFCA’s 2020-21 topic on E.U. immigration reform is connected to past topics on foreign aid, transportation, agriculture, China, and ocean policy. All key topics because for mankind, prosperity follows agriculture, fisheries, transportation, and trade....
In Tyler Cowen’s new book Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals, sustaining and improving economic growth is the key to the future. Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments—A Review (Quillette,...
Many articles supporting foreign aid tell of polls showing Americans think foreign aid is 25% of the federal budget when, these articles claim, foreign aid is only 1.2%. The Balance post, Current U.S. Discretionary Spending:...
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson in Why foreign aid fails – and how to really help Africa (The Spectator, January 2014) discuss the influence their book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and...
