America’s youth in search of high school debate material discover at FEE a mine of libertarian information not generally available elsewhere. [When I joined the Foundation for Economic Education (in 1984, 1999, and 2007)...
Yesterday I had the opportunity to discuss public policy ideas with two bright and motivated high school debaters. By email we discussed a recent debate on whether public employees ought to have the right...
For the online Winter Holidays Open, three motions have been announced: • In emerging democracies, this house would break up persistently dominant political parties. (rounds 1 and 2)• Assuming the technology exists, this house...
Novelist Ursula K. Le Guin passed away recently. In my teens I read nearly all her science fiction novels, and have read the Earthsea Trilogy many times since. The essay below (revised here) was...
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...
For the Winter Holidays Open (WHO) in Zagreb, two prelim motions and a final motion have been announced. • THW introduce a 100% inheritance tax • TH regrets the increasing focus on STEM education...
Brookings Institution’s Robert Litan offers A counterintuitive proposal for improving education and healing America: Debate-centered instruction (Brookings, September 27, 2018). Litan begins with a paragraph about current political and economic challenges then begins his...
The NCFCA league offers a resolution for reforming or abolishing the European Union. NCFCA members have voted, and if the European Union resolution is chosen, it will be announced at the national tournament. Emmanuel...
[Notes from NITOC flyer with additional information] In addition to online resources, presentations at summer debate camps, and fall workshops, Economic Thinking works with and recommends these organizations and programs: • American Logos, training...
