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Ideology: | Conservative | Education: | High School | |
Party: | Republican Party | Ethnicity: | White | |
Relationship: | Single | Income: | Less than $25,000 | |
Interested: | in Women | Occupation: | Retail | |
Looking: | Friendship, Dating, A Relationship | Religion: | Christian |
About Me: | I'm an Economics and Philosophy Student at Cleveland State University |
Beliefs: | NeoConservative, Neo-Keynesian, Christian |
Books: | Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell, MacroEconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw, The World America Made by Robert Kagan, Colossus: The Price of America's Empire by Niall Ferguson, Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland. |
Movies: | Goodfellas, Blow |
Music: | Rolling Stones, Death Cab for Cutie, ColdPlay, Phil Collins, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses |
Quotes: | "The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."-Thomas Sowell "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it." W.C. Fields |
Sports Teams: | Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers |
TV Shows: | The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Generation Kill, Band of Brothers |
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College: | Cleveland State University, Undergraduate Class of 2014
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Keynesian economics vs. Austrian economics


First round is for acceptance. I will represent the Keynesian side of business-cycle theory and DoubtingDave will represent the austrian side of business cycle theory, if he accepts....
The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States ought to be abolished


I have 2 main contentions against the proposition that the Federal Reserve should be abolished1: The Federal Reserve bank is necessary to maintaining price stability. I will explain further if challenged, but prices convey vital information to producers, consumers, workers, and investors in an economy. Sudden and/or unexpected changes in the overall level of prices can have adverse effects on national output by changing the terms of trade. A central, independent monetary authority, like the Fede...
Fiscal and Monetary Stimulus is a net positive during recessions


First round is to accept my challenge....








Debate Statistics | |
Debates: | 3 |
Lost: | 1 |
Tied: | 1 |
Won: | 1 |
Win Ratio: | 50.00% |
Percentile: | 87.79% |
Elo Ranking: | 2,098 |
Statistics based on completed debates. |
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Forum Posts: | 67 |
Votes Cast: | 0 |
Opinion Arguments: | 1 |
Opinion Questions: | 0 |
Poll Votes: | 0 |
Poll Topics: | 0 |
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• | Affirmative Action | |
• | Animal Rights | N/O |
• | Barack Obama | Und |
• | Border Fence | |
• | Capitalism | Pro |
• | Civil Unions | |
• | Death Penalty | |
• | Drug Legalization | |
• | Electoral College | Pro |
• | Environmental Protection | |
• | Estate Tax | |
• | European Union | Pro |
• | Euthanasia | |
• | Federal Reserve | Pro |
• | Flat Tax | |
• | Free Trade | Pro |
• | Gay Marriage | |
• | Global Warming Exists | |
• | Globalization | Pro |
• | Gold Standard | Con |
• | Gun Rights | |
• | Homeschooling | Pro |
• | Internet Censorship | Con |
• | Iran-Iraq War | |
• | Labor Union | |
• | Legalized Prostitution | N/O |
• | Medicaid & Medicare | |
• | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
• | Military Intervention | Pro |
• | Minimum Wage | Con |
• | National Health Care | |
• | National Retail Sales Tax | |
• | Occupy Movement | Con |
• | Progressive Tax | |
• | Racial Profiling | Con |
• | Redistribution | Con |
• | Smoking Ban | Con |
• | Social Programs | Pro |
• | Social Security | Pro |
• | Socialism | Con |
• | Stimulus Spending | Pro |
• | Term Limits | Pro |
• | Torture | Pro |
• | United Nations | |
• | War in Afghanistan | |
• | War on Terror | Pro |
• | Welfare |