China and U.S. Companies Head to the Moon
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk want to set up operations on the moon. “An exclusive look at Jeff Bezos’s plan to set up Amazon-like delivery for ‘future human settlement’ of the moon” (Washington Post,...
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Study Guides for Past & Future Topics
• Economic Engagement with Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela Study Guide (for 2013 NSDA topic and relevant for 2018-2019 immigration reform topic). Excerpt: The elephant in the room for U.S./Mexico policy continues to be legal and illegal...
U.S./Middle East Policy is Usually Special Interest Policy
U.S./Middle East policy has been distracted and distorted by lobbyists and special interests. Critics of U.S. policy have focused on a variety of special interests including oil companies and military contractors. Was U.S./Middle East...
Pumped Hydro to Replenish the Salton Sea and Bring Death Valley to Life
Energy is the master resource. Energy can draw water from the sea and pump it up mountains. Sending water down mountains to deep valley deserts generates energy and take the salt out along the...
The Sources of Invention by John Jewkes
The author is Professor of Economic Organization in the University of Oxford. This article first appeared in the January 1958 issue of Lloyds Bank Review and was reprinted in Essays on Liberty, Vol. V,...
Thinking Negative: Why Proposed Reforms Probably Won’t Work
Much in the public policy world invites reform. Broken federal policies and programs abound. The quest for policy debaters is to craft and advocate reform proposals likely to make the world a better place....
Bringing Death Valley to Life as a Marine Natural Resource
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence...