Question: Russia cyber offense

Securitizing against cyber threats is good – the US has empirically underestimated Russia’s cyber aggression which has caused further escalation.

Alspach, '22 – Kyle Alspach ( @KyleAlspach) is a senior reporter at Protocol, focused on cybersecurity  (Kyle Alspach; "‘Reckless cowboy’: U.S. may underestimate Putin’s cyber strategy"; VentureBeat; https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/25/reckless-cowboy-u-s-may-underestimate-putins-cyber-strategy/; 2-25-2022, Accessed 7-7-2022)//ILake-NoC

Cybersecurity veteran to embark on invasion of Ukraine Putin Russia have cyber offense assumption that Putin stop short reviewing commentary from Russian political analysts and cyber analysts and Putin made it clear that Putin said Russia will respond immediately is fair game for cyberattack


Question: No runaway climate change

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: Thorstad 23

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: David Thorstad

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: no existential catastrophe dieback

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: no hothouse earth

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: warming scenarios no threat

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: Eocene forests flourished

No runaway.

Thorstad 23, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. (David, 1-28-2023, "Exaggerating the risks (Part 4: Halstead continued)," Reflective altruism, https://reflectivealtruism.com/2023/01/28/exaggerating-the-risks-part-4-halstead-continued/)

even the most outlandish warming scenarios do not pose a threat of existential catastrophe dieback is a wash forests will expand north tropical forests fluorished during the Eocene 10° hotter permafrost is two percent of the amount to be released by 2100 this still would not kill Hothouse Earth’ is speculative extreme conditions would not occur for millennia all feedback s add up to .47 by 2100 If feedback s are to take us from 2 to 6 colleagues need to find an additional 3.5 °


Question: Fed is above the radar

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: Campbell 24

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: The Fed is perceived well

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: Fed on right side of issues

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: Fed above the political fray

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: Fed election political cost

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: Fed outreach program

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: Fed explanation obligation

4. The Fed is above the radar. It’s perceived well by the electorate now, but a big blunder before the election has a decisive political cost.

Campbell 24 (Kyle Campbell, reporter, covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Quoting Ben Bernanke, Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen, current/former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, April 24, 2024, “Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed,” https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/buy-the-people-why-everyone-loves-to-hate-the-fed [Accessed 10-18-24])//g6

The Fed had been  inching out of the shadows through policy statements  and projections opened the institution to the general population Yellen kept that spirit alive the Fed provided more clearer information about goals Powell held conferences after every meeting invited the public to weigh in on policy through outreach program We have obligation to explain what we are doing despite the  Fed's desire to reach people deep skepticism is hard to dislodge politicians blamed it for many things Heading into this year's elections , the Fed appears to be on the right side of issues no guarantee  it stays above the political fray  as the election heats up the Fed people love to hate


Question: flipped script on the economy fragile

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Knox 2024

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Harris economic message to voters

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Biden economic record sour

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Harris momentum real now

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Harris ahead on the economy

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: voters economy biden

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Harris flipped script on economy

Has flipped script on the ecnomy, but it’s fragile

Knox  8—12 [Olivier Knox, journalist, “Harris Hones Her Economic Message,” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 8—12—24, https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-08-12/kamala-harris-hones-her-economic-message-to-voters, accessed 8-22-24]

Voters have been sour on Biden economic record But Harris momentum is real , for now she's flipped the script candidate is ahead on the economy


Question: Antiblackness explains capitalism

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: Dr. George Shulman 20

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: Fred Moten's refusals and consents

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: Antiblackness and racial capitalism

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: black nonbeing engine of modernity

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: black agency invisible

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: politics quotidian resistance care

Antiblackness can explain capitalism, but capitalism can’t explain antiblackness.

Dr. George Shulman 20, Professor Emeritus at NYU, 2020, “Fred Moten’s Refusals and Consents: The Politics of Fugitivity,” Political Theory, 49(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591720937375

civilization is built on productivity of black nonbeing engine of modernity is antiblackness use of black bodies bespeaks white desire antiblackness fuels racial capitalism as a “ libidinal economy ,” Marxist exploitation cannot grasp the “ distinctive violence initiated by enslavement state centric activity ” is perverse the “political” made black agency invisible shift “politics,” to quotidian resistance , care black theorists turned from the state to fugitive” imaginaries making visible practices long hidden


Question: IRS resources sufficient tax gap

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: Sarin and Mazur 24

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: Natasha Sarin Yale

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: IRS funding addresses tax gap

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: IRS resources fiscal health

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: IRS can raise revenue

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: IRS increase compliance

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: tax gap large

IRS resources are sufficient to meaningfully address the tax gap---that ensures fiscal health

Sarin and Mazur 24 [Natasha Sarin, associate professor at Yale Law School, and Mark Mazur, former director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, interviewed by Bob Goulder, contributing editor with Tax Notes. 2-28-2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/02/28/modernizing-the-irs-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/]

the tax gap is large $700 billion a year investment from the  I R A increas compliance by a percent or two but it turns out a lot of potential revenue. the top 1 percent responsible for $200 billion of the tax gap it's those highly complicated audits  where agency lost revenue where they haven't had resources it's  where they're focused now that they have enforcement resources it's critical they retain them look ahead deficits of $2 trillion a year Given the choice between taxes or cutting Social Security  or  Medicare doesn't it make sense to go after the tax gap? if IRS successfully use funds Congress in the future say we can go back there and generate additional funds We saw some point to defunding the agency to spend less like deficit reduction The reality is exactly the opposite IRS resources to enforce the laws gives us potential to raise. That is huge and transformative even a small sliver make a meaningful impact


Question: Resolved means firm decision

“Resolved” means firm decision

AHD 6 American Heritage Dictionary, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/resolved

To make a firm decision about


Question: AHD 6

“Resolved” means firm decision

AHD 6 American Heritage Dictionary, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/resolved

To make a firm decision about


Question: American Heritage Dictionary

“Resolved” means firm decision

AHD 6 American Heritage Dictionary, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/resolved

To make a firm decision about


Question: definition of resolved

“Resolved” means firm decision

AHD 6 American Heritage Dictionary, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/resolved

To make a firm decision about


Question: resolved firm decision

“Resolved” means firm decision

AHD 6 American Heritage Dictionary, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/resolved

To make a firm decision about


Question: Critical rigor good

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: dicaglio 21

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: joshua dicaglio

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: critical debates generate new life

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: skepticism hides behind ego

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: scale is an invitation to specify

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: critical rigor turns case

CRITICAL RIGOR. Scalar specification ensures that critical debates generate new forms of life instead of self-righteous skeptics. Turns case.

DiCaglio, 21—Assistant Professor of English, Texas A&M University (Joshua, “Mapping the Vast Unknowing: The Science of Scale, the Scale of Science,” Scale Theory: A Nondisciplinary Inquiry, Chapter 10, 202-207, dml) [language modifications denoted by brackets]

everyone proceeds as if points of concern are shared Critique does not have to be suspicious we already suppose too much about reality which must be reopened for us to forge new forms of existence these questions arise as a way past pretending that there is only one way that experiences are configured What are we talking about?  To what does it apply? skeptical modes assume too much common ground Skepticism risks hiding behind an egoic , superior affect These questions can induce a mutual bewilderment from which we can have a conversation scale is an invitation to specify because we get so involved conversations end in discord because someone runs out of energy


Question: impact is institutional polycrisis

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: Oyugi 2023

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: Edward Akong’o Oyugi

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: Capitalist Decolonization

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: crises trigger development policy failures

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: austerity debt corruption overtaxation

The impact is institutional polycrisis which triggers a litany of existential threats

Edward Akong’o Oyugi, March 2023, "Capitalist Decolonization: A metaphorical Stabilization of Capital System’s social metabolic disorder of a Civilization in Crisis," The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, https://www.pass.va/en/publications/studia-selecta/studia_selecta_10_pass/oyugi.html // ~kwudjwa~

dystopian events have been hitting with an intensifying frequency wars ecological calamities social upheavals conquests Thucydides’ trap the North deluding themselves they have not been able to deal with race mistreatment of refugees in a labor-hostile environment, capitalism produced imperialism slavery colonialism decolonization, and spared no energy neutralizing democratic effects through neo-colonial diversion it generated crises that triggered masquerading as simple development policy failures arising from governmental incompetence Such obscure jargons, like emergencies crises are invoked conveniently to describe the complexity ambiguity and misapprehension to conceal the culprit there is a solid link between austerity, debt, corruption, and overtaxation debts have been accrued by financing corruption and wars capital continues to support right-wing populism, skirmishes are following neo-colonial counter-insurgency


Question: markets vs material markets bad

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: komlos 21 markets inefficient

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: John Komlos

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: markets cause hyperinefficiencies

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: markets are racist

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: markets bad for minorities

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: market theory bad consumer protection

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: markets propagate inequality

A litany of reasons prove that the distinction between models and material markets results in hyperinefficiencies that turn case---14 warrants that zero case if any are dropped.

John Komlos 21. Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Economic History at the University of Munich, Germany. “The Hidden Racism in Economics.” Iowa State University, Economics. https://www.econ.iastate.edu/files/events/files/komlos_hidden_racism_in_economics_2.pdf

free markets deviate from theoretical free markets discrepancy s are racist Economics Assumes that Power Does not Matter the economy is embedded in a political system being indifferent to distribution of wealth overlooks feedback mechanism between the economic system and power structure Markets characterized by imperfect information info poses a formidable obstacle for minorities they often lack the social networks that facilitate access to info people mimic mannerisms projected across monitors this is how we became mired in debt corporations influence children poor children are vulnerable subconscious had been impacted substantially by the corporate world is detrimental to minorities Economic theory assum people’s rationality disregarding psychological evidence to the contrary the poor afford less information fewer educational opportunities more challenged to make good decisions more vulnerable to predatory business practices rationality assumption enables market outcomes Consumer protection would interfere with their autonomy economic theory supports the fiction that minorities are in control and deserve their place in society free markets open up people to take advantage of counterparties exploit the weak by incomplete contracts Because of less schooling and being unable to afford info the poor are exposed to opportunists Lack of money means limited recourse to the legal system important products are complicated cell phone contracts and credit card rules contain hidden elements economic theory neglects sociology cultural norms facilitate value system disadvantaged neighborhoods put poor people at a disadvantage poverty is propagated across generations economists justifi moral resentment toward those who are less successful and disparage the “ subordinated racial groups ” as irresponsible free riders lacking the work ethic , and justify racial inequalities Markets are not efficient at alleviating deprivation economics should incorporate basic needs and prioritize health care, basic income, or a job guarantee economic theory extolls virtues that are hardly value neutral are above morality the discipline trivializes discrimination as a “taste the market system is neutral about distribution but people are not today’s economy is dominated by multinational oligopolies that manipulate consumers corporations manipulat the weakest members by targeting campaigns discriminating loans redlining acorporations invest in propagating a technocratic meritocracy that justifies distribution by arguing people deserve what they earn in the market corporations take advantage of people with less information people with better information have an advantage to the detriment of poor people If information is free oversight would serve no purpose benign assumptions and the lack of consumer protection that follows are against groups who do not have easy access to info poverty is not evenly distributed spatial concentration means poor children do not have access inadequate schooling locks them into an inefficient developmental path economists commit a major mistake by starting analysis with adults problems are solved by the market. There is hardly any role for a government government is wasteful and interferes with efficient outcomes Pollution can be solved by taxes government becomes dispensable Markets are not good at reducing prejudice Only the government can protect minorities we ought not to rely on markets to create a moral framework


Question: emerging tech extinction

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: Muraille 19

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: Muraille tech extinction

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: tech risks extinction climate

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: exponential population growth

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: preserving climate and biodiversity

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: ethical control of innovation

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: anti-science attitude

That risks extinction from emerging tech and turns climate.

Muraille 19, FNRS Research Associate at Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, also scientific collaborator at Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms (URBM), University of Namur (Etic, “Ethical control of innovation in a globalized and liberal world: Is good science still science?”  Endeavour, Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2019, Science Direct)

We have to consider the consequences of exponential population growth degradation of ecosystems and rapid climate change It will be vital for our survival to be able to make rational decisions regarding the control of innovation the emergence of tech capable of generating major threats like nuclear weapons have been numerous it is about ensuring the survival of the human species as a whole Reconciling food security and preserving climate and biodiversity are the greatest challenges Governments remain the only organizations capable  of good the growing loss of scientific expertise in governmental agencies  reduces the efficacy of regulatory laws the “anti-science attitude” weaken the ability of science to participate in regulatory action If one wants ethical control of innovation, regulatory agencies must retain high scientific expertise


Question: no link carbon tax

Won’t feel the impact till down the line – No Link. In the first year of the tax, nobody recognizes the difference.

Parry 15, PhD, Chief US Economist to the IMF (Ian Parry, 2015, “5. Macroeconomic Effects of Carbon Taxes,” IMF, https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781138825369/ch005.xml)

the energy price impacts of carbon tax are much smaller than changes in energy prices from volatility a $20 tax would increase gas prices by 18 cents but pump prices varied between $1 and $3


Question: parry 2015 carbon tax

Won’t feel the impact till down the line – No Link. In the first year of the tax, nobody recognizes the difference.

Parry 15, PhD, Chief US Economist to the IMF (Ian Parry, 2015, “5. Macroeconomic Effects of Carbon Taxes,” IMF, https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781138825369/ch005.xml)

the energy price impacts of carbon tax are much smaller than changes in energy prices from volatility a $20 tax would increase gas prices by 18 cents but pump prices varied between $1 and $3


Question: IMF carbon tax

Won’t feel the impact till down the line – No Link. In the first year of the tax, nobody recognizes the difference.

Parry 15, PhD, Chief US Economist to the IMF (Ian Parry, 2015, “5. Macroeconomic Effects of Carbon Taxes,” IMF, https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781138825369/ch005.xml)

the energy price impacts of carbon tax are much smaller than changes in energy prices from volatility a $20 tax would increase gas prices by 18 cents but pump prices varied between $1 and $3