Tournament: Yale Invitational | Round: 3 | Opponent: Phyllis Wan | Judge: Amelia Ritenour
Multilateral economic ties forged through capitalism are key to interdependence which sets a cap on conflict. ====
Jackson and Nei 15 – Matthew O. Jackson, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford, and PhD in economics from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stephen Nei, Economics PhD candidate at Stanford University ("Networks of military alliances, wars, and international trade," Proceedings of the National Academies of Science of the United States, December 15th, 112(50), pp. 15277–15284, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687585/)
We provided a model of networks of military alliances and the interactions of those with
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could be significant, and so this suggests another avenue for further extension.
Cap solves climate change and alternatives only accelerate it. ====
Smith 19 Noah Smith Noah Smith is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion, “Dumping Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet”, April 5, 2019, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-05/capitalism-is-more-likely-to-limit-climate-change-than-socialism, DOA: 8/20/19 Ian M
It has become fashionable on social media and in certain publications to argue that capitalism is killing the planet.
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there’s any system that can beat climate change, this looks like it.
Turns case – regulated innovation solves climate. ====
Cohen 21 ~(Steve, is the Senior Vice Dean of Columbia’s School of Professional Studies and a Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs)"Kerry Was Correct: Decarbonization Will Require New Technology," 5-24-2021, https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/05/24/kerry-was-correct-decarbonization-will-require-new-technology/~~ TDI
It’s useful sometimes to ground analysis in fact. One environmental fact is that overall
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undertaking. As Ula Chrobak observed in a recent issue of Popular Science: