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This is a collection of resources for students participating in the Policy debate series.

2012-2013 Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.

Dr. Yaron Brook, Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute, provides debating points for the negative team.

To Stimulate the Economy, Liberate It by Yaron Brook

Capitalism: Who Needs It—Ayn Rand and the American System by Yaron Brook

Liberate, Don't Stimulate, the Economy by Yaron Brook

2011-2012 Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.

Dr. Yaron Brook, Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute, provides debating points for the negative team.

Should We Go to Mars? Wrong Question, by Ron Pisaturo

The Spirit of Columbia, by Robert Garmong

Privatize the Space Program, by Robert Garmong

Privatizing Space Exploration (RADIO INTERVIEW), by Robert Garmong

Proposal to Expand the Space Program Is a Bad Idea, by Yaron Brook

Nasa's Flight From Reason, by Johannes M. Hacker

2010-2011 Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.


Obama Whitewashes Iran, by Elan Journo

Foreign Policy and Self-Interest, by Peter Schwartz

Video Lecture: America's Foreign Policy: Self-Interest vs. Self-Sacrifice, by Peter Schwartz

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