Going forward, it is hard to know which energy technologies will be best able to meet the needs of people and businesses in Central and South America. I’ve long called this the energy race...
Few avenues open for the impoverished majorities in Central and South America to pursue opportunity and prosperity. Young people are mobile and coming to the United States has been a difficult and often dangerous...
Economic freedom should include freedom to work where one chooses. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals should be able to work in any state they wish, regardless of where they received their training. Labor...
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy toward one or more countries in Central/South America.Stoa Debate Resources 2025-26 The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its foreign policy toward...
… While in North America economists have considerable influence in finance, industry, and government, in South America their influence has been even greater. From Mexico to Argentina, from Brazil to Peru, state by state,...
Charles Dicken’s novel, A Christmas Carol, was set in England in the early 1840s. We hope England and Europe escapes the cold of the winter of 1840-41. Modern industrial societies should be safe from...
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...
Military Adventures, Postal Subsidies, Malaria, and Cholera US military commitments after guano (earlier post) turned to subsidizing mail sent across Central American with postal subsidies. The demand for mail and Americans traveling to California...
“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...
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...
