哈佛/UCLA邀请赛12月PF辩题超全解析

哈佛/UCLA邀请赛 PF 11/12月辩题: Resolved: The United States federal government should forgive all federal student loan debt. 1、与辩题有关的背景信息 1、How Much Student Loan Debt Does the Average College Graduate Have? 大学毕业生平均有多少学生贷款债务? 本文回顾了日益严重的债务问题。文章来自U.S.News,节选重点内容如下(想要获取全文完整内容请私信SD小助手): ...

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哈佛国际赛12月辩题正反方论点Top4|Top 4 Pros and Cons

12月辩题 Public Forum Debate Resolved: The United States federal government should forgive all federal student loan debt. 学生贷款债务经常出现在新闻中,政客们正在讨论如何解决大学成本上升的问题,这些成本有时会导致巨额债务。对于那些未偿还学生贷款的人来说,此类债务可以通过两种方式解除:免除债务和破产。 根据美联储的数据,截至2020年12月,美国人总共欠下1.71万亿美元...

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如何备赛哈佛/斯坦福之四:Right-to-work laws do more harm than good.

哈佛/斯坦福的系列海外赛正在进行,准备参赛的小伙伴们都在摩拳擦掌,积极备赛。我们给大家准备了一些关于如何备赛、如何准备这个辩题的内容,这也是我们的部分教练将要给备赛的学生们讲解的框架,希望能帮助参赛的辩手们快速把握辩题。 Resolved: In the United States,  right-to-work laws do more harm than good. 2023辩论课程|哈佛、斯坦福邀请赛备赛课程 哈佛/斯坦福年度重磅赛...

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如何备赛哈佛/斯坦福之三:Right-to-work laws do more harm than good.

哈佛/斯坦福的系列海外赛正在进行,准备参赛的小伙伴们都在摩拳擦掌,积极备赛。我们给大家准备了一些关于如何备赛、如何准备这个辩题的内容,这也是我们的部分教练将要给备赛的学生们讲解的框架,希望能帮助参赛的辩手们快速把握辩题。 Resolved: In the United States,  right-to-work laws do more harm than good.   一、关于Economic Growth & Promoting Freedom   ...

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如何备赛哈佛/斯坦福之二:Right-to-work laws do more harm than good.

哈佛/斯坦福的系列海外赛正在进行,准备参赛的小伙伴们都在摩拳擦掌,积极备赛。我们给大家准备了一些关于如何备赛、如何准备这个辩题的内容,这也是我们的部分教练将要给备赛的学生们讲解的框架,希望能帮助参赛的辩手们快速把握辩题。 Resolved: In the United States,  right-to-work laws do more harm than good.   一、关于Wagner Act & Collective Bargaining   &nb...

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How IMF programmes can increase corruption

Corruption is one of the greatest obstacles to economic development. It deprives nations of income to invest into public services, with adverse implications for education, health, well-being, and prosperity. The Global Economic Forum estimates that corruption costs the public coffers US$2.6 trillion a year. Why is corruption so difficult to control? Scholars have long blamed...

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How years of IMF prescriptions have hurt West African health systems

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides financial assistance to countries in economic trouble. But its policy proposals don’t always yield positive results for the countries it purports to help. For instance, critics have argued that the IMF inhibits government spending on public health and diverts resources from the health sector to repay external debt. We set out to...

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The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality

“I hope people will listen now” said Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. Lagarde was alluding to the wave of reactionary populism that’s currently sweeping the developed economies, and was harking back to her speech at Davos in 2013 when she warned that economic “inequality is cor...

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Why South Africa shouldn’t turn to the IMF for help

Two men sit at the roadside in the hope of being offered work. South Africa’s unemployment is moving towards 30%.   The view that South Africa should look towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be rescued from the unfolding economic meltdown seems to be growing by the day. It has been touted in the most unlikeliest of places. Even the new Finance Minister Mal...

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Haiti’s deadly riots fueled by anger over decades of austerity and foreign interference

At least seven people are dead and Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant has resigned after weeks of violent protests in Haiti that were sparked by a sudden increase of fuel prices. Demonstrations began on July 6, when the Haitian government said that gas prices would go up 38 percent to US$4.60 per gallon because the International Monetary Fund, a major Haitian creditor...

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COVID-19 further exposes inequalities in the global financial system

To stem the economic fallout from COVID-19, developed countries have injected an unprecedented US$9 trillion into their economies. The International Monetary Fund has recommended sustained fiscal support, emphasizing greater spending on health care and environmental protection projects. Meanwhile, countries in the “global south” – broadly, low- and middle-income countries in...

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IMF says it cares about inequality. But will it change its ways?

The IMF headquarters in Washington DC. Shutterstock The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has become increasingly infatuated by the negative consequences of excessive inequality. This new-found mission is laudable, but neglects the manifold ways its own policy advice contributed to growing income inequality. As lender of last resort, the IMF provides countries in economic t...

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Oxfam Says IMF Loans Force Spending Cuts That Exacerbate Poverty

The vast majority of International Monetary Fund loans extended during the Covid-19 pandemic have suggested or demanded spending cuts that would worsen poverty and inequality, charity group Oxfam says. Seventy-six of the fund’s 91 loans since March have sought belt tightening, according to Oxfam. The result could be deep cuts to public healthcare and pensions; wage freezes a...

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The IMF is hurting countries it claims to help

Mark Weisbrot The fund’s loan agreement with Ecuador will worsen unemployment and poverty Ecuadorian police arrest a protestor during a demonstration against president Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures.  When people think of the damage that wealthy countries – typically led by the US and its allies – cause to people in the rest of the world, they probably think of warfare. H...

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Developing countries are sinking in a world awash in cash. Here’s what the US can do.

US President Joe Biden looks toward Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The Biden administration has inherited a crisis in poor and middle-income countries, where the economic fallout from COVID-19 has pushed hundreds of millions of people into extreme poverty. It’s a crisis that cries out for global leadership, a...

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IMF encourages countries affected by COVID to keep spending on safety net

The International Monetary Fund issued a report Tuesday on the current global economic outlook. The IMF is projecting global growth will contract by more than 4% this year. That’s slightly better than its June forecast, but still pretty grim. For now, the IMF said all countries, not just the U.S., should stop worrying about their debt and spend what is needed to keep their c...

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Helping poorest tackle climate crisis will boost global growth, says IMF head

Kristalina Georgieva says investing to create resilient economies is a ‘win-win-win-win’ scenario Kristalina Georgieva says there is a fourfold benefit from policies aiming to reverse global heating.  Helping the most vulnerable people to cope with the climate crisis can boost the global economy during the Covid crisis and governments should make this a priority, the head o...

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In developing countries, government energy subsidies are more beneficial than harmful (NSDA China)

General Energy Subsidy Reform Facility: Generates Knowledge to Support Governments to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Subsidy Reforms while Safeguarding the Welfare of the Poor (2020). This article provides a general overview of energy subsidies. It doesn’t really have any evidence. Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Better Funding for Renewable (2021). This article argue...

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