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  • This House prefers corporate ownership of farming over collective farming in developing countries

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    Collective farming involves groups of farmers pooling land, labor, and resources to produce and share agricultural output, often organized as cooperatives or community-managed farms. Corporate ownership refers to large agribusinesses controlling land, farming operations, processing, and distribution with the goal of profit maximization.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-09

  • This house believes that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) should significantly tighten restrictions on derivatives trading (e.g. limiting the availability of derivatives, implementing position limits and price limits, increasing the minimum trading amount)

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    A derivative is a financial instrument whose value derives from an underlying asset such as a stock. Examples of derivatives include options, futures and swaps.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-09

  • This house supports the increased presence of foreign private equity firms in Asian markets

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    "Private equity (PE) firms invest in businesses that are not publicly listed on a stock exchange, acquiring stakes in these companies with the goal of selling them for a profit in the future. In the past few years, Western PE firms have been increasingly active in Asia. In 2022, Blackstone announced plans to allocate more than 50 billion USD to Asian markets over the next decade, KKR increased its total stake in Vietnamese conglomerate Masan Group to 750 million dollars, and the American PE firm Carlyle Group acquired a controlling share worth 1 billion dollars in Rigaku, a Japanese scientific instruments maker."

    Mastermind Chronicles 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-08-08

  • This parliament believes that Mamdani's victory has done more harm than good for the Democratic Party.

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    In the 2025 New York City mayoral election Democratic primary, Zohran Mamdani achieved a surprising victory against his fellow Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo. Despite facing multiple sexual harassment allegations, Cuomo participated in the election. Mamdani gained popularity primarily based on his democratic socialist policies such as implementing universal child care, city-run grocery stores, and rent freezes for rent-stabilized tenants. However, his policy positions also became subjects of controversy, with Trump threatening to have him arrested if he fails to cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

    BUFTDC National IC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-05

  • This House Believes That the World Bank should lend African development loans in ADR.

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    For the purposes of this debate, African Drawing Rights (ADR) is a currency unit (or currency basket) whose value is calculated as a weighted average of five African currencies: 40% South African Rand, 25% Egyptian Pound, 15% Nigerian Naira, 10% Central African CFA Franc, and 10% West African CFA Franc. The worth of 1 ADR depends on how strong or weak these five African currencies are.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · ESL Semifinals · 2025-08-03

  • This House Believes That Denmark should aggressively intervene in the private sector in order to reduce dependence on Novo Nordisk (e.g. dramatically reduce existing subsidies to Novo Nordisk; implement state-backed retraining programmes; provide large targeted tax breaks to startups in non-dominant industries like green tech).

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    Novo Nordisk is a multinational pharmaceutical company from Denmark which specialises in diabetes medication. It is known for discovering and manufacturing the drug behind Ozempic. Novo Nordisk represents approximately 20% of Denmark's stock market and is the most significant company in the Danish economy.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Prefers a World in which all football clubs follow the regional recruitment model.

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    Under a regional recruitment model, professional football clubs only sign players who are either born in their region or spent a significant portion of their life there. For example, Athletic Bilbao in Spain only signs players who were born in or lived significant part of their lives in the Basque region.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Believes That the CDU should heavily prioritise libertarianism rather than heavily prioritising paternalism.

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    Libertarianism is a political philosophy that emphasises individual liberty and autonomy. It seeks to limit state intervention in influencing individual's behaviour, avoid intervening in economic markets, and limit government spending. Paternalism, by contrast, argues that the state has a responsibility to direct society towards desirable goals. It argues that the state should have an active role in guiding individual behaviour, supports market intervention when deemed necessary, and supports comparatively higher government spending. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is a historically dominant centre-right party in Germany. The party has both paternalistic and libertarian positions.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-08-03

  • This house regrets the decline of dynasties in the NBA

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    Dynasties refer to NBA teams that achieve sustained dominance, typically winning at least three championships within a short amount of time while maintaining a core roster. Famous dynasties include Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls from 1991 to 1998, the Showtime Lakers from 1980 to 1988, the Shaq and Kobe Lakers from 2000 to 2002, and, most recently, the Curry-led Golden State Warriors from 2015 to 2022.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house supports the nationalization of rare earth metal industries in the Global South

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    The Global South refers to economically developing regions, primarily in Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia and Oceania, that are rich in natural resources but often marginalized in global trade. Rare earth metal industries involve the mining and processing of 17 critical elements used in technologies like electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy systems.

    Grassroots Debate Open Pre-NDC 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-08-02