Should U.S. trade policy include sanctions on child labor in Chinese factories, often owned by or suppliers to U.S., Japanese, Taiwanese, or South Korean firms? South Korea’s Samsung was in the news last summer,...
When Congress considers new trade legislation, a wide range of interest groups gather and word to advance their agendas. These agendas are not always obvious, and sometimes corporate and union interests disguise their actual...
Marc Levin, director of the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, makes a conservative case for reform on Townhall (June 25 and 26, 2015). He begins with the case for reducing prison before...
What if… what if… students ran a radical affirmative case insisting that when charged with a crime, the accused ought to have a right to a trial by a jury of peers? Too wild?...
NCFCA has chosen it’s 2015-2016 policy debate resolution: Resolved: That the United States Federal Court system should be significantly reformed. NCFCA also offers an initial overview with pro and con paragraphs of the resolution. Economists...
Over the past three decades textile and manufacturing firms in China expanded with stunning speed to become major suppliers of clothing and manufactured goods to the world. The vast expanse of new enterprises created...
Around the world, people are on the move. Across the United States and Japan, through the 1800s and 1900s, millions moved from farms and rural villages to the edges of fast-growing cities. China’s economic...
Across the history of mankind there are few more fantastic stories of economic transformation than the four Asian Tigers, followed by the stunning economic development of China. It may be hard to comprehend the...
A recent post at the Kauffman Foundation’s Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship site, titled “Promoting Micro-Multinational Entrepreneurs,” looks at the success of online sellers, compared to traditional firms, in finding and keeping customers overseas. Trade...
Who cares about trade policy with one or more of the following nations: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan? Well, Stoa policy debaters do, or will, as they research and debate proposed policy reforms. But...
