Economics & Development debate motions (page 6)

THW ban all political donations by corporations

SDA Novices · 1

TH supports Greek youth violently protesting against Trojka mandated austerity measures

Thessaloniki Open · 4

THW lift all limits on international migration

Thessaloniki Open · 5

THW significantly lower labour regulations for youth in EU areas with high youth unemployment

Thessaloniki Open · Open_Final

THBT governments should tax individual income out of labour (paid salary) significantly less than individual's income generated out of capital (which includes inheritance, real estate, stock portfolios, etc.)

Tilbury House · 5

THW require that any houses or apartments left vacant for six months or more be surrendered to the State.

Cambridge IV · 4

THBT Western foreign policy should abandon attempts to universalise liberal values

Cambridge IV · 5

THBT unpaid domestic workers should strike for state pay

Cambridge IV · Open_Final

THBT individuals have a right to a basic income regardless of capacity or willingness to work

Cambridge Women's · Open_Semis

THW replace all sin taxes with an increase in income tax

Yorkshire Novice Cup · 1

THW not allow skilled workers to migrate to the EU from the developing world

SSE Riga IV · 1

This house believes New Zealand should implement a tax on carbon emissions.

Joynt Scroll 2014 · 3

THW limit private land ownership

New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 · 1

This House Would lift tax exemptions form religious institutions that refuse to recognise marriage equality

WSDC 2014 · Round 7 (prepared) · World Schools Debating Championships

THW create public housing for the poor in wealthy areas

Berlin WUDC 2013 · 1

THBT International development institutions (such as the World Bank) should not finance natural resource extraction projects in corrupt states

Berlin WUDC 2013 · 4

THBT European Union nations should forgive Greece's sovereign debt

Berlin WUDC 2013 · 7

THBT countries with booming populations should allocate every adult a single tradable permit to have a child

Berlin WUDC 2013 · 8

THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrolment in degree programs within their university that have statistically poor employment outcomes

Berlin WUDC 2013 · EFL_Quarters

THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrolment in degree programs within their university that have statistically poor employment outcomes (same as EFL_Quarters)

Berlin WUDC 2013 · ESL_Quarters

THW ban all advertising of consumer goods and services

Berlin WUDC 2013 · Open_Quarters

TBHT the WTO should never allow nations to place export restrictions on food, rare-earth metals, and other non-oil commodities

Berlin WUDC 2013 · Open_Semis

THBT all components of the welfare state should be means tested

Nottingham Trent IV · 1

Should we give up on climate protection?

Zeit Debatte Hamburg · Open_Semis

Should large infrastructural projects be subject to democratic control?

Zeit Debatte Hamburg · Open_Final

THW split up banks until none are "too big to fail"

Rotterdam BP Toernooi · Open_Semis

THBT the marketing strategies of Western NGOs have hindered the development of the global South

Trinity IV · 2

THBT states should place constitutional limits on regressive taxation policies

York IV · Open_Semis

THB countries should cease trying to prevent climate change and focus resources on preparing for its consequences.

John Smith Memorial Mace · 5

TH (As the EU) would make development aid conditional upon developing countries using it for renewable energy generation

Warwick IV · Open_Semis

Should the water supply be nationalised all over Europe?

Österreichischen Debattier Meisterschaft (Austrian Debate Championships) · 2

Should we ban the import of goods that were not produced under the social and ecological standards of the EU?

Österreichischen Debattier Meisterschaft (Austrian Debate Championships) · Open_Semis

THW set maximum rents for residential property in the city of Paris.

Sciences Po Open · 4

THBT Western Liberal Democracies should institute bans on their citizens visiting illiberal states whose economies depends on tourism

LSE Open · 1

THW require prospective owners or large shareholders of sport clubs / teams to gain majority support from season ticket holders or other representatives of the fan base to complete their acquisition

LSE Open · 2

This House would support policies of 'ever increasing political union' – i.e. progressive political integration aimed at the distant goal of federal unification – amongst members of the League of Arab States

LSE Open · Open_Final

THW not pursue income redistribution beyond poverty reduction (armoedebestrijding, i.e. combatting poverty)

IDEA-DTU · 4

THBT the unemployed, living in areas of high unemployment and low private investment, should relocate to areas where their employment is more likely in order to keep their benefits.

Manchester IV · Open_Semis

THW put a high minimum price on meat.

Southampton Open · 1

THW aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records.

NAUDC (also Hart House IV) · 3

THW not grant developing countries the right to host major sporting events.

NAUDC (also Hart House IV) · 5

THBT in times of economic recession, European states, don't spend enough

Bucharest Universities Debating Cup · Open_Final

THBT the government should be blamed for slow economic growth

VUAS Debate Tournament · Open_Final

THW ban advertising

Royal Holloway Open · 1

THW link Job Seekers Allowance to previous income

Royal Holloway Open · 4

THW make companies pay taxes equal to their influence on the environment

Zalgiris Cup · 4

THBT Cuba should prioritise the implementation of capitalism over the implementation of democracy

Zeit Debatte Marburg · 2

THBT that extraordinary taxation of saving deposits in times of crisis is justified

Estonian BP Championships · Open_Semis

THW prohibit provincial and local governments from offering tax incentives to lure corporations to open business in their domain.

HWS Round Robin · 3

THBT in reducing its budget deficit, Ireland should prioritise cutting welfare to an absolute minimum rather than increasing taxes and cutting services

DCU Open · 5

THBT governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles

Estonian Open · 3

Should the state give up on shrinking villages?

Potsdam Puls Punk · 3

THW give a higher child subsidies to couples composed by persons from different Member States of the EU.

Coimbra Debate changing Europe round · 1

THBT the Common Agricultural Policy harmed the national agricultures.

UTAD Debate changing Europe round · 2

THW make development aid conditional on recipient states adopting a one-child policy

Nordic Debating Championships · 5

THW bring the Greek debt back to healthy European standards by a one-off wealth taxation of Greek's rich.

Dutch National Championships · 5

THW ban industrial action in time of economic recession

Hull Open · 1

TH (as the EU) would offer visas for residence to all immigrants and their families that have proven to have found means of subsistence.

SdDUP Debate changing Europe round 1 · 2

THW require from companies to share their annual profit to all employees

Denny Crane · 2

THW completely abolish all subsidies and preferential treatment to the farming industry in the EU

Stockholm IV · 1

THBT billionaires have a moral obligation to donate their money to the US government instead of charities

Stockholm IV · 5

THW not have introduced a common European currency

Zeit Debatte Aachen · Open_Final

In the middle of the 19th century: THW stop export of food products from Ireland until the Great Famine ends

History Tournament · 3

Should we abolish adding to wages until the income reaches the poverty line?

Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft · 5

THW restart the Esperanto project.

GDPPC Open · Open_Semis

TH supports the use of child labour in the developing world.

Essex IV · 1

TH regrets the rise of mega-rich football clubs (such as Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG, Monaco, Anzhi M. etc)

ULU Westminster IV · 3

Info Slide - State capitalism is an economic model in which companies are privately owned and compete in a free market of consumers, yet the state often intervenes by investing heavily in favored firms, forcing managerial changes, and making other decisions aimed at stabilizing and strengthening the economy. Famous state-capitalist nations include Singapore, China and Russia. Motion: TH supports state capitalism over liberal capitalism.

English Open · 2

THW introduce inheritance tax of 100%

Mix Team (pro-am tournament) · 4

TH regrets welfare policies promoted by Eurozone countries currently immersed in a debt crisis

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish) · 3

THBT developing countries should nationalise companies that extract their national resources

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish) · 8

TH repents of the Spanish colonisation of Latin America

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish) · Open_Final

TH, which is Brazil, regrets its bid for hosting the 2014 World Cup

Bodden Cup · 4

THW limit the amount for new leases to a maximum of 10% above the local rent index

Bodden Cup · Open_Semis

THBT immigration from developing countries should be made illegal.

Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track · 2

THBT the government should subsidise private home ownership

SOAS Open · 2

THBT the WTO should allow developing countries to impose tariffs on developed countries

SOAS invitational · 3

THW require corporations which operate in both the developed and developing worlds to apply the same labour rights to both.

DAPDI · 3

THW require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular referenda

Manchester EUDC 2013 · 2

THW provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services rather than cash payments

Manchester EUDC 2013 · 9

THBT African countries should adopt English as the principle language of instruction

Manchester EUDC 2013 · Open_Quarters

THW reinstitute the Gold Standard

DDG Masters Cup · 6

Should the long-term unemployed be reemployed for energy production?

Gutenberg Cup · Open_Semis

THBT it would be principally just for a state that is unable to provide a social safety net to allow a greatly impoverished individual to sell themselves into slavery.

Yale IV · Open_Quarters

THBT the government should not promote home ownership.

US National Open · 4

THBT governments should establish methods to provide unconditional cash transfers to the poor.

US National Open · 8

THBT the European Union should prioritise unemployment over further austerity measures

SOAS IV · ESL_Final

THBT former colonising countries should pay substantial reparations to the countries they colonised

Dutch Masters · 2

THW replace income tax with a wealth tax.

NAMDA Novice Cup · 2

THB in the market economy

SDA Open · 4

THW pay developing countries to not exploit natural resources in environmentally sensitive regions.

UBC IV · 5

THBT colonial powers should pay reparations for colonialism.

UBC IV · Open_Finals

THBT the world should focus on adapting to the effects of climate change instead of trying to avert it.

Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa) · 4

TH regrets the portrayal of the developing world in the fundraising campaigns of charitable organisations

UK Debate Challenge · 3

THBT developing countries should collectivelly agree to radically redistributive tax policies.

Oxford IV · 2

THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees.

Oxford IV · 4

THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Oxford IV · ESL_Finals

THBT developed countries should set maximum rents for residential properties in large urban centres.

Cambridge IV · 2

THW break up banks like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, that are deemed "too big to fail".

Cambridge IV · 4

THBT past colonial empires should pay reparations to their former colonies who are still classed as developing

Bogwall · 2

THBT Walmart is good for America.

Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University) · 5

THW ban temp agency contracting (Leiharbeit, Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, Zeitarbeit, Mitarbeiterüberlassung oder Personalleasing)

Zeit Debatte Frankfurt · 5

THW replace all income taxes with consumption taxes that become proportionally higher as the purchased goods become less essential

Cicero Toernooi · Open_Semis

TH would create a substantial salary for those who take on caretaker roles for family, friends or neighbours (DK vervangt het mantelzorgcompliment door een substantieel salaris)

Cicero Toernooi · Open_Final

THW ban the advertising of financial products that entail an obligation of consumer debt

John Smith Memorial Mace · 1

THW tax earnings over £1million by 75% but allow individuals to decide how the government spends the additional revenue generated by this income

John Smith Memorial Mace · 4

THBT developing countries should use policies such as permits to restrict rural to urban migration

Cork IV · 4

THBT China should prioritise social justice over economic growth

Iron Man tournament · 2

THW, assuming it were feasible to enforce, support a global inheritance tax of 100% on all cash and assets beyond the first €5000 (and substantial taxes on high-value gifts during one's lifetime)

UCU Open · 1

THW set one common minimum wage

Schroeter Cup · 1

THBT governments should not provide rebuilding funds to citizens above the poverty line in known natural disaster areas

SSE Riga IV · 2

This house believes that developing countries should ban the entry of foreign supermarkets chains [added by me] into their markets

Centrale IV · 4

THBT in developed countries the minimum wage should guarantee a middle class lifestyle

Warsaw Open · 2

THW provide financial incentives to individuals leading a vegetarian lifestyle

John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg · 2

THBT governments should not regulate the use of any new currency

BGU IV · 4

THB, in times of economic crisis, economic bodies should (strategically) withhold information that may damage market confidence

Tilbury House IV · 5

THW force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural unemployment.

De La Salle WUDC 2012 · 3

THW require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 million for philanthropic projects.

De La Salle WUDC 2012 · 4

TH supports the free movement of labour worldwide.

De La Salle WUDC 2012 · 7

THW limit government ministers' standard of living to that of someone on the current median wage.

De La Salle WUDC 2012 · ESL_Quarters

Should the debt limit on Länder be abolished?

Zeit Debatte Hamburg · 4

THBT the EU should impose an embargo on countries where child labour exists

Berlin Punk · 4

THBT the EU should focus all its efforts on the Common Market (should only strive for a Common Market)

Rotterdam BP Tournament · 3

THB in a three-day week-end

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds · 6

THBT greed is good

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds · 15

THW welcome the downfall of global capitalism

Trinity IV · Open_Final

THW abolish the concept of limited liability

Cardiff IV · 3

THB the State Should Impose a Maximum Income of €50000, inc benefits, commissions, bonuses, etc.

Galway Open · 5

THW Make the directors of multi-national companies criminally responsible for any environmental damage caused by their company in the developing world

Irish Mace Third Round · 3

THBT national governments should aim to depopulate rather than regenerate areas with few viable economic activities

LSE Open · ESL_Final

info slide: behavioural economics, rival changes in the way choices are presented changes behaviour THBT the state should systematically use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards good choices

LSE Open · Open_Quarters

THW invest in big casinos to rejuvenate economically disadvantaged areas

Manchester IV · 2

THW make development aid conditional upon the improvement of women's rights.

Budapest Open · 2

THW replace income tax with a tax on wealth

Heriot-Watt Open · 4

THW forcibly relocate indigenous peoples where their presence prevents the extraction of valuable resources

Dutch Open · 1

THW tax meat products (approximation)

Schwarzwald Cup · 2

THW save Schlecker (a drugstore chain that is bankrupt)

Schwarzwald Cup · Open_Final

In the case where human space exploration efforts locate an inhabitable planet, THBT the settlers of that planet should construct a society without private property

HSE Open · Open_Final

THW impose a 75% rate of tax on all earnings over €100000

Science Po Le Havre IV · 4

THBT state policies should actively discourage a consumerist lifestyle

Science Po Le Havre IV · Open_Semis

THW abandon the single European monetary currency

Estonia Open · 1

TH calls for a culture flat tax

Saggsn- Masders · 3

THW practice investment over austerity in times of economic crisis

Iron Man BP Tournament · Open_Semis

THW create Eurobonds

German Language Championships · 5

TH supports large-scale migration from poor to rich regions in the European Union

German Language Championships · Open_Final

THBT developing countries should limit rural to urban migration

Berlin IV · 3

You are a CEO of a major clothing company and currently pay workers in your factory 1 dollar a day. You are presented with a plan that would give your employees a dignified living wage. This would significantly increase production costs but would not put you out of business. THW implement the plan.

Mediterranean Universities Debating Championships (Koc University) · 6

THBT The ECB Should Unconditionally Buy Government Debt from Struggling Eurozone Economies

Belgrade EUDC 2012 · 5

THW Cap the Amount Corporations Can Spend in Any One Course of Litigation

Belgrade EUDC 2012 · 6

THW Let Anyone Take Up Residence in Any Country, Provided They Can Show that They Will Not be an Economic Burden on that Country

Belgrade EUDC 2012 · 9

THW incentivize employers to hire non-college graduates

Red Sea Open · 2

THBT all Government Policy Should Follow the Strict Logic of Maximizing Total Happiness

Red Sea Open · Open_Semis

THB the EU should not pay rural subsidies

Roosevelt Academy Open (RA Open) · Open_Semis

THW establish an independent 'prawn' state (District 9)

Alternative Open · 3

THW allow people in developing countries to sell themselves into slavery

UCD Vice-President's Cup · 1

THBT it is not the role of a Government to reduce the relative poverty of its citizens

UCD Vice-President's Cup · 5

THB the ANC should nationalize all mines

Oxford IV · 2

THBT Western governments should buy the freedom of slaves

Oxford IV · 3

THBT the Greek military should suspend democratic government until economic recovery

Oxford IV · 4

THBT companies should not take public stance in gay right issues

Oxford IV · 5

THB governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles

Oxford IV · ESL_Semis

THBT States should forcibly reverse the transmigration policies of their former dictators

Oxford IV · Open_Semis

THW allow workers to sell employment rights back to their employers

UK Debate Challenge · 2

THBT the capitalist system is incompatible with a just society

UK Debate Challenge · Open_Final

THBT states in the developing world should invest in sex tourism

ESCP Debating Open · 1

THW require all Portuguese to spend 25 € per month on local products

Open de Debates da Sociedade de Debates da Universidade de Coimbra (SDUC) · 3

TH defends that austerity is the solution to the (economic) crisis

Open de Debates da Sociedade de Debates da Universidade de Coimbra (SDUC) · Open_Final

The state should pay a living wage to stay at home parents

Cambridge IV · 1

THB all donor countries should freeze aid to Rwanda

Cambridge IV · 2

THW hold the senior executives of major banks and rating agencies criminally liable for the actions of their companies that led to the Global Financial Crisis

Cambridge IV · 3

THBT democratic reform is more important than economic growth for China

Cambridge IV · 4

THBT all companies should be at least 75% owned by their workforce, in equal shares

Cambridge IV · Open_Semis

THB enterprises and charities are more effective for development than official development assistance (ODAs)

Lund Debate Challenge · 2

Should citizens be forced to borrow money to the state in times of crisis? (Should it become mandatory for citizens)

Zeit Debatte Tübingen · Open_Semis

THBT in Times of High Unemployment, Governments Should Remove all Minimum Standard Regulations in the Labour Market

John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg · 2

THB India should not allow Tesco or Walmart into their national market

John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg · 3

THW make all the proceeds that a professors earns with their books and other academic work available to their universities

Nikolausturnier · Open_Final

TH supports a technocratic government in times of dire financial crisis

Tilbury House IV · 3

THW allow parents to sell their babies

Tilbury House IV · Open_Semis

THBT developing countries should ban non citizens from purchasing real estate

Lancaster IV · 3

THW require all companies to publish salaries to the entire public

The English Cup · Open_Semis

THW rather spend the money on subsidised housing and living costs for migrants in the centre of Paris than investment in the Banlieues

Centrale Open · 5

This House Believes That states should enshrine legally actionable socio-economic rights

WSDC 2012 · Round 8 (prepared) · World Schools Debating Championships

TH supports 100% inheritance tax

WSDC 2012 · Semifinals (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This house believes that governments should not provide benefits on the basis of marital status

Botswana WUDC 2011 · 3

This house believes that central banks should set limits on government spending

Botswana WUDC 2011 · 4

This House would allow teachers unions the right to strike

Botswana WUDC 2011 · 6

This House would buy local

Botswana WUDC 2011 · Masters_1

THBT natural resources should belong to the world and not to any individual country

Red Sea Open · 6

THBT a Chinese Marshall Plan should be initiated to save the Euro

EU-China Youth Debate Tournament · Open_Quarters

THW halt all development aid to countries that punish homosexuality

Dutch Pro-Am Tournament · 2

THW help countries with the death penalty to implement it humanely

Masters · Open_Final

THW create a free market for the sale of babies

SOAS IV · 5

THW end all subsidies for small farms

SOAS IV · Open_Semis

Regardless of the relative efficiency of various economic systems, THBT meritocracy is a just way of allocating resources.

UCD VP · Open_Final

THW not contact, trade or otherwise engaging with uncontacted Yanomami communities in the Amazon forest

Imperial College Open · 3

THBT each country has a duty to limit population growth

UCU Open · 5

THW abolish JobBridge

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 5

THW set a cap on pay for all chief executives and other high level employees of chartities.

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 6

THW give social welfare in the form of vouchers.

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 9