Stoanomics
Economic Thinking resources for Stoa speech and debate league… Gaming AI: Why AI Can’t Think but Can Transform Jobs by George Gilder For decades, George Gilder has been one of America’s most prophetic writers about...
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U.S. in Latin America: Postal Subsidies, Cholera, Regeneration
Military Adventures, Postal Subsidies, Malaria, and Cholera US military commitments after guano (earlier post) turned to subsidizing mail sent across Central American with postal subsidies. The demand for mail and Americans traveling to California...
End Military Commitments for Bird Guano and Oil?
“War was God’s way of teaching Americans geography” (Ambrose Bierce) For debaters researching US military commitments, there’s a big world out there and a couple centuries of US history to explore. Economists have argued...
Europe: Long and Complicated Migrations
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...
Reducing U.S. Military Commitments
The Stoa debate league has chosen its 2020-21 policy debate topic: Resolved: The USFG should considerably decrease its military commitments. US military commitments around the world (Montgomery Herald, July 9, 2018) reviews the scope...
Time for Independence from Federal Energy Policies?
Searching through the U.S. Constitution, it’s not clear where power is delegated for today’s various and complex federal energy policies. Defense of the Realm seems plausible, since the U.S. military relies on oil to...
Infinity Resource War: Thanos, 12 Monkeys, and Tomorrow’s Eco-Terrorists
With Marvel’s Infinity War showing on Netflix, millions who rarely venture to movie theaters can immerse themselves again in the Marvel universe. For Marvel readers, Thanos seems similar to Galactus facing the Fantastic Four in The...
Ethos Debate Webinar Notes
December 20, 2018 -Abolish Peace Corps-(maybe sunset or transfer to nonprofit). The Peace Corps: A lot of bucks for very little bang, Brookings, October 16 2017 However, at approximately $56,500 per volunteer per year, the Peace Corps is one...
Stories of Small Places: Freedom, Choice, Governance
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...
Notes on Economic Development and Reducing Terrorism
Notes and links for presentation to the Student Conference On National Affairs (SCONA) Texas A&M University, February 25, 2011 Below are updated notes from my presentation to military students attending the 2011 Student Conference...