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3,864,608 | Thus the standard is reducing income inequality. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u><strong>Thus the standard is reducing income inequality.</h4></u></strong> | Nagel AC | Framework | null | 1,583,801 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,609 | 1. Solving inequality precedes side constraint claims. There is no right to wages earned from an unjust institution. | Murphy and Nagel 2 | Murphy and Nagel 2
Liam Murphy (Professor of Law & Philosophy at NYU) and Thomas Nagel (Professor of Law & Philosophy at NYU). “The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice.” Oxford University Press (2002). | If there is a dominant theme that runs through our discussion, it is this: Private property is a legal convention, defined in part by the tax system The conventional nature of property is both perfectly obvious and remarkably easy to forget. We are all born into an elaborately structured legal system governing exchange... | property is a legal convention the modern economy in which we earn our salaries would be impossible without government We cannot start by taking as given what people own prior to government interference. Slaveowners were indignant over violation of their property rights But property in slaves was a legal creation and t... | If there is a dominant theme that runs through our discussion, it is this: Private property is a legal convention, defined in part by the tax system; therefore, the tax system cannot be evaluated by looking at its impact on private property, conceived as something that has independent existence and validity. Taxes must... | 4,397 | <h4><strong>1. Solving inequality precedes side constraint claims. There is no right to wages earned from an unjust institution.</h4><p>Murphy and Nagel 2</p><p></strong>Liam Murphy (Professor of Law & Philosophy at NYU) and Thomas Nagel (Professor of Law & Philosophy at NYU). “The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice.... | Nagel AC | Framework | AND, Side Constraint Pre-empts | 655,092 | 2 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,610 | 2. Inequality violates negative rights because corporations are the ones responsible. | Gilabert 7 | Gilabert 7
Pablo Gilabert (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University). “Contractualism and Poverty Relief.” Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 2007). http://philpapers.org/archive/GILCAP-2.pdf | The first problem with the libertarian argument is that its factual premise is false. It is hardly the case that the global Rich have not been systematically involved in unduly harming the global Destitute. the global Rich have been using their overwhelming bargaining power to shape the international political and econ... | the libertarian premise is false. the global Rich have been systematically involved in harming the global Destitute. the global Rich have been using their overwhelming bargaining power to shape the political landscape we should not think that only governments, and not the business community, are to blame. There is ampl... | (1) Derived basic positive duties of justice. The first problem with the libertarian argument is that its factual premise is false. It is hardly the case that the global Rich have not been systematically involved in unduly harming the global Destitute. Even if it were true that destitution in poor countries primarily r... | 1,629 | <h4><strong>2. Inequality violates <u>negative rights</u> because corporations are the ones responsible.</h4><p>Gilabert 7</p><p></strong>Pablo Gilabert (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University). “Contractualism and Poverty Relief.” Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 2... | Nagel AC | Framework | AND, Side Constraint Pre-empts | 655,093 | 3 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,611 | I defend the resolution as a general principle but I’m willing to specify if asked in CX. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><u><strong>I defend the resolution as a general principle but I’m willing to specify if asked in CX.</h4></u></strong> | Nagel AC | Contention | AND, Side Constraint Pre-empts | 1,583,802 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,612 | Living wage creates a ripple effect that boosts wages of all low-wage workers | Harris and Kearney 14 | Harris and Kearney 14
Benjamin H. Harris (Policy Director of The Hamilton Project, Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings, and Deputy Director of the Retirement Security Project at Brookings) and Melissa S. Kearney (Kearney is the Director of the Hamilton Project; a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; and a Pr... | Considering that near-minimum wage workers would also be affected, we find that an increase could raise the wages of up to 35 million workers—that’s 29.4 percent of the workforce. Although relatively few workers report wages exactly equal to the minimum wage, a much larger share of workers in the United States earns wa... | Considering that near-minimum wage workers would also be affected, we find that an increase could raise the wages of 35 million workers increase in minimum wage tends to have a “ripple effect” This effect is well recognized in the academic literature. Just 2.6 percent of workers are paid the minimum wage, but 29 percen... | In this month’s Hamilton Project economic analysis, we consider the likely magnitude of the effects of a minimum wage increase on the number and share of workers affected. Considering that near-minimum wage workers would also be affected, we find that an increase could raise the wages of up to 35 million workers—that’s... | 2,600 | <h4><strong>Living wage creates a ripple effect that boosts wages of all low-wage workers</h4><p>Harris and Kearney 14</p><p></strong>Benjamin H. Harris (Policy Director of The Hamilton Project, Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings, and Deputy Director of the Retirement Security Project at Brookings) and Melissa S. ... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 1: Wage Rates | 99,710 | 8 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,613 | Wage rates are more important for the poor than employment rates | Bernstein 14 | Bernstein 14
Jared Bernstein (senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington and a former chief economist to Vice President Joseph R. Biden). “The Impact of a Minimum-Wage Increase.” New York Times. 18 February 2014. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/the-impact-of-a-minimum-wage-in... | While those against the increase will highlight employment loss as a rationale for their opposition, it is entirely consistent with the view of most supporters of the increase: while the increase is expected to cause some job losses, the number of workers who would get a raise far outweigh those displaced: 97 percent t... | While those against the increase will highlight employment loss the number of workers who would get a raise far outweigh those displaced 98.5 percent of affected workers would benefit , 900,000 would move above the poverty threshold. The incomes of most low-wage workers will increase About 70 percent of low-wage worker... | While those against the increase will highlight this employment loss finding as a rationale for their opposition, it is in fact entirely consistent with the view of most supporters of the increase: while the increase is expected to cause some job losses, the number of workers who would get a raise far outweigh those di... | 1,080 | <h4><strong>Wage rates are more important for the poor than employment rates</h4><p>Bernstein 14</p><p></strong>Jared Bernstein (senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington and a former chief economist to Vice President Joseph R. Biden). “The Impact of a Minimum-Wage Increase.” New York Ti... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 1: Wage Rates | 654,953 | 6 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,614 | Recent studies and economist consensus goes aff | Konczal 14 | Konczal 14
Mike Konczal (fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. His work has appeared in The Nation, Slate, and The American Prospect). “7 Bipartisan Reasons to Raise the Minimum Wage.” Boston Review. March 3, 2014. | during the ’70s, ’80s, and 2000s, wages at the bottom part of the income distribution fell Education and tech advances alone could not solve poverty. Recent research strongly indicates that raising the minimum wage reduces poverty. Dube finds that a 10 percent hike shrinks the poverty gap by 3.2 percent. And extreme po... | during the ’70s, ’80s, and 2000s, wages at the bottom fell Education and tech could not solve poverty. Recent research strongly indicates that raising the minimum wage reduces poverty. Dube finds that a 10 percent hike shrinks the poverty gap by 3.2 percent. And extreme poverty, by 9.6 Larger increases would offer even... | Some minimum wage advocates don’t care much about income inequality per se. Instead, they are focused on alleviating poverty. Poverty has significant consequences for human flourishing, with especially pronounced effects on children. A major mistake of the War on Poverty was its assumption that the economy would be cap... | 1,895 | <h4><strong>Recent studies and economist consensus goes aff</h4><p>Konczal 14</p><p></strong>Mike Konczal (fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. His work has appeared in The Nation, Slate, and The American Prospect). “7 Bipartisan Reasons to Raise the Minimum Wage.” Boston Review.<strong> March 3, 2014.</p><p></strong>Som... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 1: Wage Rates | 654,952 | 4 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,615 | Dube et al.’s study is the most robust and generalizable | Schmitt 13 | Schmitt 13
John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.) “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research. February 2013. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage-2013-02.pdf | the most important and influential paper written on the minimum wage in the last decade was Dube, Lester, and Reich (2010)'s study, The study was built around a key methodological innovation, which generalized Card and Krueger's study to make it nationally representative, and identified a significant weakness in much o... | the most important paper on the minimum wage in the last decade was Dube, Lester, and Reich The study was a key innovation, which generalized Card and Krueger's study to make it nationally representative, and identified a significant weakness in earlier research Dube replicated Card and Krueger's experiment thousands o... | Probably the most important and influential paper written on the minimum wage in the last decade was Dube, Lester, and Reich (2010)'s study,21 which offered a comprehensive reappraisal of both the new minimum wage research and its critics. The study was built around a key methodological innovation, which essentially ge... | 3,791 | <h4><strong>Dube et al.’s study is the most robust and generalizable</h4><p>Schmitt 13</p><p></strong>John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.)<strong> “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research. ... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 1: Wage Rates | 654,951 | 4 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,616 | Living wage is key to bargaining power. Counterplans can’t solve. | NYT 14 | NYT 14 | minimum wage is intended to take aim at the imbalance in power between employers and low-wage workers that can push wages to poverty levels. An appropriate wage floor substitutes for bargaining power that low-wage workers lack When low-end wages rise, poverty and inequality are reduced Other programs, including e i t... | minimum wage take aim at the imbalance in power between employers and low-wage workers A wage floor substitutes for bargaining power that low-wage workers lack When low-end wages rise, poverty and inequality are reduced Other programs, including e i t c increase resources but they do not provide bargaining power to cl... | New York Times Editorial Board. “The Case for a Higher Minimum Wage.” February 8th, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/the-case-for-a-higher-minimum-wage.html
WHAT’S THE POINT OF THE MINIMUM WAGE? Most people think of the minimum wage as the lowest legal hourly pay. That’s true, but it is really muc... | 3,155 | <h4><strong>Living wage is key to bargaining power. Counterplans can’t solve.</h4><p><u><mark>NYT 14</u></strong></mark> </p><p>New York Times Editorial Board. “The Case for a Higher Minimum Wage.” February 8th, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/the-case-for-a-higher-minimum-wage.html</p><p>WHAT’S ... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 2: Bargaining Power | 232,438 | 5 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,617 | Bargaining power is key to solve income inequality | Gupta 15 | Gupta 15
Sarita Gupta (executive director of Jobs with Justice). “Protect and Expand Workers’ Ability to Bargain.” Moyers and Company. January 20th, 2015. http://billmoyers.com/2015/01/20/protect-expand-workers-ability-bargain/ | Greedy corporations take advantage of working people — depressing wages, benefits and job standards, which has led to record inequality fighting poverty requires expanding the ability of workers to bargain with their employers Only through bargaining do workers have power to directly confront corporate actors behind p... | Greedy corporations take advantage of working people — depressing wages, benefits and job standards, which has led to record inequality fighting poverty requires expanding the ability of workers to bargain with their employers Only through bargaining do workers have power to directly confront corporate actors behind p... | Greedy corporations have been on a decades-long bender to take advantage of working people — depressing wages, benefits and job standards, which has led to record inequality and poverty. At Jobs With Justice, we believe that fighting poverty requires expanding and protecting the ability of workers to bargain with thei... | 2,053 | <h4><strong>Bargaining power is key to solve income inequality</h4><p><u><mark>Gupta 15</u></strong></mark> </p><p>Sarita Gupta (executive director of Jobs with Justice). “Protect and Expand Workers’ Ability to Bargain.” Moyers and Company. January 20th, 2015. http://billmoyers.com/2015/01/20/protect-expand-workers-abi... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 2: Bargaining Power | 654,882 | 6 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,618 | UBI is cost-prohibitive and can’t solve relative inequality | Economist 13 | Economist 13
The Economist. “The cheque is in the mail.” 19 November 2013. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/11/government-guaranteed-basic-income | Whatever else they say about a basic income, everyone seems to assume that it would decrease income inequality. Raising the floor for all by adopting an annual UBI would make no dent in the wealth gap. Everybody from a homeless person to a hedge-fund billionaire would receive the same cheque from the government. the ca... | UBI would make no dent in the wealth gap. Everybody from a homeless person to a hedge-fund billionaire would receive the same cheque the cash would be in lieu of all welfare benefits. Even if the income could bring a family above the poverty line—a figure that would cost trillions—it would still leave many in effective... | Whatever else they say about a basic income, everyone seems to assume that it would decrease income inequality. But those who support the proposal as an egalitarian salve should think twice. Raising the floor for all by adopting an annual UBI would make no dent in the wealth gap. Everybody from a homeless person to a m... | 3,174 | <h4><strong>UBI is cost-prohibitive and can’t solve <u>relative inequality</h4><p></u>Economist 13</p><p></strong>The Economist. “The cheque is in the mail.” 19 November 2013. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/11/government-guaranteed-basic-income</p><p><u>Whatever else they say about a basic incom... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 2: Bargaining Power | 654,957 | 3 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,619 | Relative poverty outweighs absolute poverty. It creates a functional caste system, which comes first under the standard. | Scanlon 5 | Scanlon 5
TM Scanlon (Professor of Swagger at Harvard University). Wei Lun Public Lecture Series; Chinese University of Hong Kong. “When Does Equality Matter?” 14 March 2005. http://www.iso.cuhk.edu.hk/weilun/en/scanlon/scanlon_fulltext2.html | The leading historical examples of objectionable inequality are caste systems involving stigmatizing differences in status. members of some groups are marked as inferior by, for example, being excluded from roles and occupations or required to perform tasks demeaning The evil involved in such arrangements is a comparat... | The leading historical examples of inequality are caste systems members are marked as inferior by being excluded from roles and occupations The remedy is to abolish the social system that upholds these distinctions extreme inequality in income forces the poor to live in a way that is reasonably seen as humiliating. aga... | Status: The leading historical examples of objectionable inequality are caste systems and other social arrangements involving stigmatizing differences in status. In these systems, members of some groups are marked as inferior by, for example, being excluded from roles and occupations that are seen as most desirable, or... | 2,494 | <h4><strong>Relative poverty outweighs absolute poverty. It creates a <u>functional caste system</u>, which comes first under the standard.</h4><p>Scanlon 5</p><p></strong>TM Scanlon (Professor of Swagger at Harvard University). Wei Lun Public Lecture Series; Chinese University of Hong Kong. “When Does Equality Matter?... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 2: Bargaining Power | 655,107 | 2 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,620 | My Standard is Rule utilitarianism, which means that I provide the greatest good for the greatest amount of people | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4>My Standard is Rule utilitarianism, which means that I provide the greatest good for the greatest amount of people </h4> | null | null | null | 1,583,804 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,621 | Automation is inevitable longterm, but lack of demand makes it unsustainable | Streithorst 14 | Streithorst 14
Tom Streithorst (journalist, entrepreneur, currently authoring a book on post scarcity economics). “The Next Affluent Society.” Pieria. 15 December 2014. http://www.pieria.co.uk/articles/the_next_affluent_society | Every year technological advances improve productivity, enabling the same amount of goods and services to be produced by ever fewer workers. It used to be that 90% of the population tilled the soil Today, less than 2% of us are farmers, and they produce more food than ever. After World War II, the need for workers was ... | Every year tech improve productivity, enabling the same amount of goods to be produced by fewer workers. We are being displaced by robots The problem of capitalism is no longer making enough but, rather, finding consumers affluent enough to buy it. The fate of English peasants after enclosure demonstrates that tech adv... | Every year technological advances improve productivity, enabling the same amount of goods and services to be produced by ever fewer workers. It used to be that 90% of the population tilled the soil to provide a surplus of food so that the other 10% could be free to be artisans, merchants and warriors. Today, less than ... | 3,592 | <h4><strong>Automation is inevitable longterm, but lack of demand makes it unsustainable</h4><p>Streithorst 14</p><p></strong>Tom Streithorst (journalist, entrepreneur, currently authoring a book on post scarcity economics). “The Next Affluent Society.” Pieria.<strong><mark> 15 December 2014. http://www.pieria.co.uk/ar... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 3: Demand | 655,104 | 2 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,622 | WEIGHING UTILITARIAN CONSEQUENCES PROVIDES THE BEST DECISIONS | Bentham, | Bentham, | standard of right and wrong, on the other a chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. The principle of utility recognizes this subjugation, and assumes it for the foundation of that system, Systems which attempt to question it, deal in sounds instead of sense, | null | standard of right and wrong, on the other a chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne.. The principle of utility recognizes this subjugation, and assumes it for the foundation of that system, Systems which attempt to question it, deal in sounds instead of sense,
As utilitarian’s, we always look at the b... | 501 | <h4>WEIGHING UTILITARIAN CONSEQUENCES PROVIDES THE BEST DECISIONS</h4><p><u><strong>Bentham,</u></strong> </p><p><u><strong>standard of right and wrong, on the other a chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne.</u></strong>. <u><strong>The principle of utility recognizes this subjugation, and assumes it... | null | null | null | 1,583,805 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,623 | Living wage is key. It increases demand and job growth and doesn’t cause outsourcing or automation. | Hanauer 13 | Hanauer 13
Nick Hanauer (billionaire). “The Capitalist’s Case for a $15 Minimum Wage.” Bloomberg View. June 19th, 2013. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-06-19/the-capitalist-s-case-for-a-15-minimum-wage | The fundamental law of capitalism is that if workers have no money, businesses have no customers. rising inequality creates a death spiral of falling demand that takes everyone down I make the case as a businessman and entrepreneur who sees our millions of low-paid workers as customers to be cultivated and not as costs... | if workers have no money, businesses have no customers rising inequality creates a death spiral of falling demand that takes everyone down I make the case as a businessman and entrepreneur Raising minimum wage to $15 would inject $450 billion into the economy each year. That would stimulate buying, production and hiri... | The fundamental law of capitalism is that if workers have no money, businesses have no customers. That’s why the extreme, and widening, wealth gap in our economy presents not just a moral challenge, but an economic one, too. In a capitalist system, rising inequality creates a death spiral of falling demand that ultimat... | 5,236 | <h4><strong>Living wage is key. It increases demand and job growth and doesn’t cause outsourcing or automation.</h4><p>Hanauer 13</p><p></strong>Nick Hanauer (billionaire). “The Capitalist’s Case for a $15 Minimum Wage.”<strong> Bloomberg View. June 19th, 2013. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-06-19/the-capit... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 3: Demand | 655,042 | 3 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,624 | UTILITARIANISM IS AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING PRINCIPAL OF MORALITY | Carr, | Carr, | the principal of utility is an all-encompassing one covering all acts, including those of legislation. It is the fundamental criterion, the basic principal in terms of which the rightness or wrongness of an act is determined. It is the standard which decides what ought to be done and what ought not be done. | null | the principal of utility is an all-encompassing one covering all acts, including those of legislation. It is the fundamental criterion, the basic principal in terms of which the rightness or wrongness of an act is determined. It is the standard which decides what ought to be done and what ought not be done.
Rule utilit... | 328 | <h4><u><strong>UTILITARIANISM IS AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING PRINCIPAL OF MORALITY</h4><p></u></strong> <u><strong>Carr,</u></strong> </p><p><u><strong>the principal of utility is an all-encompassing one covering all acts, including those of legislation. It is the fundamental criterion, the basic principal in terms of which th... | null | null | null | 928,285 | 2 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,625 | Prefer my evidence. Card and Krueger use the best methods | Schmitt 13 | Schmitt 13
John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.) “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research. February 2013. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage-2013-02.pdf | Card and Krueger's book is the best summary of the "new minimum wage" research. Their detailed review of studies using a variety of methods and datasets concludes: "The weight of this evidence suggests that it is very unlikely that the minimum wage has a large, negative employment effect." | Card and Krueger's book is the best summary of "new minimum wage" research. Their detailed review of studies using a variety of methods and datasets concludes: that it is very unlikely that minimum wage has a negative employment effect. | Card and Krueger's book Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage is the best (though early) summary of these two strands of the "new minimum wage" research. Their detailed review of studies using a variety of methods and datasets to examine restaurant workers, retail employment, and teenagers, conclu... | 452 | <h4><strong>Prefer my evidence. Card and Krueger use the best methods</h4><p>Schmitt 13</p><p></strong>John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.)<strong> “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research.... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 3: Demand | 655,044 | 6 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,626 | UTILITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OFFER A CLEAR PROCEDURE | Brody | Brody, | The consequenualist at least offers a relatively clear procedure for finding out what is the right thing to doAnd in this respect, consequentialism seems to have an advantage as a moral theory.
Opt out system leads to increased rates and more informed people
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The waiting list for organ transplants has exce... | null | . The consequenualist at least offers a relatively clear procedure for finding out what is the right thing to doAnd in this respect, consequentialism seems to have an advantage as a moral theory.
Opt out system leads to increased rates and more informed people
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The waiting list for organ transplants has ex... | 2,829 | <h4>UTILITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OFFER A CLEAR PROCEDURE</h4><p><u><strong>Brody</u></strong>,</p><p>. <u><strong>The consequenualist at least offers a relatively clear procedure for finding out what is the right thing to doAnd in this respect, consequentialism seems to have an advantage as a moral theory.</p><p>Opt out sy... | null | null | null | 1,583,806 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,627 | Meta-analysis confirms | Doucouliagos and Stanley 8 | Doucouliagos and Stanley 8
Hristos Doucouliagos (School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University) and T.D. Stanley(Department of Economics, Hendrix College) Publication Selection Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? A Meta-Regression Analysis. 2008. | Our meta-analysis of 1,474 minimum-wage elasticities confirms Card and Krueger’s results correcting for publication bias would transform a modestly negative average elasticity to a small positive employment elasticity little or no evidence of an adverse employment effect remains once the effects of publication selectio... | Our meta-analysis of 1,474 minimum-wage elasticities confirms Card and Krueger’s results correcting for publication bias would transform a modestly negative average elasticity to a small positive employment elasticity little or no evidence of an adverse employment effect remains once the effects of publication selectio... | Our meta-analysis of 1,474 estimated minimum-wage elasticities only confirms this view and Card and Krueger’s (1995a) results. We still find strong evidence of publication selection for significantly negative employment elasiticites, but no evidence of a meaningful adverse employment effect when selection effects are f... | 1,386 | <h4><strong>Meta-analysis confirms</h4><p>Doucouliagos and Stanley 8</p><p></strong>Hristos Doucouliagos (School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University) and T.D. Stanley(Department of Economics, Hendrix College) Publication Selection Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? A Meta-Regression Analysis.<u><strong... | Nagel AC | Contention | Contention 3: Demand | 1,583,803 | 2 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,628 | 1. Aff gets RVIs on I meets and counter-interps because | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>1. Aff gets RVIs on I meets and counter-interps because</h4></strong> | Nagel AC | Underview: Theory Spikes | RVI | 1,583,807 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,629 | (a) 1AR timeskew means I can’t cover theory and still have a fair shot on substance. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>(a) 1AR timeskew means I can’t cover theory and still have a fair shot on substance.</h4></strong> | Nagel AC | Underview: Theory Spikes | RVI | 1,583,808 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,630 | (b) no risk theory would give neg a free source of no risk offense which allows him to moot the AC. | null | null | null | null | null | null | <h4><strong>(b) no risk theory would give neg<u> a free source of no risk offense which allows him to moot the AC.</h4></u></strong> | Nagel AC | Underview: Theory Spikes | RVI | 1,583,809 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,631 | 2. Neg burden is to defend a competitive post-fiat advocacy. Offense-defense is key to fairness and real world education. This means ignore skepticism, permissibility, and presumption. | Nelson 8 | Nelson 8
Adam F. Nelson, J.D.1. Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Lincoln-Douglas Debate. 2008. | And the truth-statement model of the resolution imposes an absolute burden of proof on the aff the negative need only prevent the affirmative from proving the truth of the resolution, it is logically sufficient to negate to deny our ability to make truth-statements or to prove normative morality does not exist or to de... | the truth-statement model imposes an absolute burden of proof on the aff neg need only deny our ability to make truth-statements or prove morality does not exist such strategies provide the neg with functionally infinite ground By making the issue one of competing world-views neg retains equal flexibility while being de... | And the truth-statement model of the resolution imposes an absolute burden of proof on the affirmative: if the resolution is a truth-claim, and the affirmative has the burden of proving that claim, in so far as intuitively we tend to disbelieve truthclaims until we are persuaded otherwise, the affirmative has the burden ... | 3,884 | <h4><strong>2. Neg burden is to defend a competitive post-fiat advocacy. Offense-defense is key to fairness and real world education. This means ignore skepticism, permissibility, and presumption.</h4><p>Nelson 8</p><p></strong>Adam F. Nelson, J.D.1. Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Lincoln-Douglas Debate. 2008.</p><p... | Nagel AC | Underview: Theory Spikes | O/D | 347,439 | 201 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,632 | 3. The neg must defend one unconditional advocacy. Conditionality is bad because it makes the neg a moving target which kills 1AR strategy. He’ll kick it if I cover it and extend it if I undercover it, meaning I have no strategic options. Also, it’s unreciprocal because I can’t kick the AC. | null | Extra card I read with time: | Castree 4
possibilities of replacing global capitalism strike us as immensely slim many workers have ‘wiggle room’ within the confines of cap to improve their situation agitating within does not mean that wage-workers have ‘sold out Even Marx didn’t see this system as an unmitigated evil in the meantime, it’s importa... | null | Interim reforms that improve wage-labor are preferable to utopian anti-capitalist alternatives
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Knowledgeable readers will have noticed that we’ve made no men- tion of the classic Marxist idea that wage-workers need to instigate a revolution to topple capitalism. Though in Chapter 8 we consider cases wh... | 1,881 | <h4><strong>3. The neg must defend one unconditional advocacy. Conditionality is bad because it makes the neg a moving target which kills 1AR strategy. He’ll kick it if I cover it and extend it if I undercover it, meaning I have no strategic options. Also, it’s unreciprocal because I can’t kick the AC.</h4><p></strong>... | Nagel AC | Underview: Theory Spikes | Condo | 1,583,810 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,633 | Neg studies are skewed; they don’t control for regional growth rates | Schmitt 13 | Schmitt 13
John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.) “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research. February 2013. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage-2013-02.pdf | Dube, Lester, and Reich's study identified an important flaw in much of the earlier minimum-wage research overall employment trends vary substantially across region, with overall employment generally growing rapidly in parts of the country where minimum wages are low Since no researchers (even the harshest critics of t... | Dube, Lester, and Reich's study identified an important flaw in earlier research employment trends vary across region, growing rapidly where minimum wages are low Since no researchers (even the harshest critics believe that minimum wage had any impact on overall employment, failure to control for these differences can ... | Dube, Lester, and Reich's study also identified an important flaw in much of the earlier minimum-wage research based on the analysis of state-level employment patterns. The three economists demonstrated that overall employment trends vary substantially across region, with overall employment generally growing rapidly in... | 2,772 | <h4><strong>Neg studies are skewed; they don’t control for regional growth rates </h4><p>Schmitt 13</p><p></strong>John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.) “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Resea... | Nagel AC | Case | Condo | 1,583,811 | 1 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
3,864,634 | The best studies show no impact on teen unemployment | Schmitt 13 | Schmitt 13
John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.) “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research. February 2013. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage-2013-02.pdf | The "New Minimum Wage" research also emphasized research methods based on important differences in the "bite" of the federal minimum across the states. increase in the federal minimum should have more impact in low-wage states, where many workers would be eligible for an increase Card divided the U.S. states into three... | "New Minimum Wage" research emphasized important differences in the federal minimum across states. the federal minimum should have more impact in low-wage states, where many workers would be eligible Card concluded: "Comparisons of state data confirm that rise in the minimum wage raised teenage wages there is no eviden... | The "New Minimum Wage" research also emphasized research methods based on important differences in the "bite" of the federal minimum across the states. Any given increase in the federal minimum, the thinking went, should have more impact in low-wage states, where many workers would be eligible for an increase, than it ... | 1,372 | <h4><strong>The best studies show no impact on teen unemployment</h4><p>Schmitt 13</p><p></strong>John Schmitt (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.) “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?” Center for Economic and Policy Research. February 201... | Nagel AC | Case | Condo | 655,044 | 6 | A | HS LD 2014-15 | 2,014 | ld | hs |
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