Bjorn Lomborg discusses “the energy transition” as keynote speaker for All Energy Day 2022. Lomborg warns renewable energy advocates to be careful not to exaggerate harms from climate change and global warming. Transitioning from...
For thousands of years energy technologies have advanced as knowledge expanded for discovering, transporting, and processing fuels, along with other advances in material sciences. From burning wood then peat, then coal, oil, and natural...
Many interesting resolutions with great opportunities to learn, discuss, and debate. [Update: the import-export policy reform topic was chosen. Discussed in other posts.] Let’s start with Africa: “The United States Federal Government should substantially...
However ongoing Middle East and North Africa conflicts are resolved, most families in the Middle East and North Africa will still be living in or next to deserts. Water scarcity and conflicts within and...
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...
Economics of NCFCA topics playlist are posted. These are early versions of presentations I would give at Economic Thinking workshops, and overheads are drawn from past similar debate topics. Below are more recent videos...
The NCFCA debate league announced three topic choices for the coming school year:1) The European Union should substantially reform its immigration policy.2) The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its development assistance to...
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...
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,...
