Imagine a young Ebenezer Scrooge debating the foreign aid or international terrorism topics. How do we best reduce poverty and conflict in the developing world? Scrooge competed in an early 1800s English debating society...
New frontiers of scientific discovery can fill us with wonder and excitement. New planets or meteors or subatomic particles discovered, or new medical breakthroughs to cure diseases, new flying cars, energy sources, or nanotech...
Earlier posts have discussed the three announced motions for the The Winter Holidays Open in Zagreb. (STEM searching, Enviro cost accounting, Poor environmental accounting, 100% Inheritance tax) This post wonders if evil scientists popular in movies scare...
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....
It’s always a good time to review, restructure, and reduce federal programs long shown to be ineffective. This includes programs for foreign aid, and foreign policy regarding international terrorism, plus legal immigration, recent national...
Once more into the economic fray for the The Winter Holidays Open final motion on environmental cost accounting: WHO 2018 FINAL MOTION: THW oblige companies to price in environmental burden in the cost of their products....
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,...
The Winter Holidays Open in Zagreb features a final motion on environmental cost accounting: WHO 2018 FINAL MOTION: THW oblige companies to price in environmental burden in the cost of their products. An Investopedia post...
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...
