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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Discussions and debates over U.S. immigration policy have been around for over a century, and longer if you count Benjamin Franklin’s writings on German immigrants. A history of American anti-immigrant bias, starting with Benjamin...
[June 5 update: energy policy topic chosen.] Ace Peak posted debate notes on the NCFCA policy resolution choices of immigration reform, FDA reform, and USFG energy policy reform. Economic Thinking workshops, blog posts, and...
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...
