This House Believes That developing countries
should acquire, on the open market, large stakes in major
publicly-traded global corporations (eg. Google, JP Morgan,
Shell, and Pfizer)
Semifinals
This House believes that developing countries should prioritise import substitution industrialisation over export oriented industrialisation
Info Slide
Import substitution industrialization (ISI): A policy that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production
Export-oriented industrialization (EOI): A policy aiming to speed up the industrialization by exporting goods
Quarterfinals
THS diversity quotas for university admissions
Round 4
This House Supports governments significantly
increasing their use of big data-based predictive models in
decision-making to replace human judgements. (e.g. criminal
justice policy, allocation of healthcare resources, housing
development)
Round 3
This House believes that hosting major sporting events does more harm than good for host cities
Round 2
This House Believes That the environmental movement should significantly prioritize their campaigning efforts on changing the behaviour of individuals rather than changing the behaviour of companies
Round 1
THBT fear is a legitimate tool for instilling moral values