Conversation Notes and Links
Monday, October 5 • The Birth of Freedom – Acton page and Trailer • Globalization at the Crossroads, Hernando de Soto • Free or Equal, Johan Norberg • Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a...
Author: Gregory Rehmke
End Military Commitments for Bird Guano and Oil?
“War was God’s way of teaching Americans geography” (Ambrose Bierce) For debaters researching US military commitments, there’s a big world out there and a couple centuries of US history to explore. Economists have argued...
Reduce Refugees by Boosting Freedom
For students researching and debating the European Union immigration reform, Who Really Wants to Solve the Problem of Poverty? shares a success story of 600 million escaping poverty. The worldwide transition from poverty to...
Paths to Cities and the Global Economy
It is very good news that hundreds of millions are on the path to prosperity heading to cities for opportunities. Michael Cox used this example: imagine a few people dropped into a jungle, just one...
COVID-19, E.U. Immigration, and Freedom Day for Germany
With 28 member countries and 446 million people, the European Union is, after China and India the next most populated region on Earth. The United States is next with 330 million people. Population size...
E.U. Migration: Hanseatic League to Charter Cities
Hong Kong property tycoon pitches new city idea to Ireland (The Guardian, July 28, 2020): China’s recent imposition of national security laws on the island has prompted many Hongkongers to consider leaving. The British government has...
Notes on European Union Immigration Reform
For thousands of years people have migrated into, across, and out of Europe. Usually peacefully but sometimes as invading armies. Economic principles will help students understand and appreciate the dynamic forces driving E.U. immigration...
Europe: Long and Complicated Migrations
NCFCA policy debaters face a challenging resolution: The European Union should substantially reform its immigration policy. Europe, of course, has a long history of people migrating from region to region and country to country. For...
My New Book! Don’t Diet: Research Nutrition
Okay, I don’t really have a new book. I’ve never tried a formal diet (mostly I research and speak on the economics of public policy debate topics). But like most people I have experience...
End the Pandemic With Fat, Fasting, Feasting!
Just three weeks! Experts advise to wear masks, social distance, maybe return to lock down and then the virus could vanish and pandemic end. Maybe so, but epidemiologists, politicians, and bloggers disagree. With new...