Instigator / Pro
6
1540
rating
30
debates
56.67%
won
Topic
#2339

TOURNAMENT R(2) SupaDudz v. Dr.Franklin

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
0
Better sources
2
0
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
0
1

After 1 vote and with 4 points ahead, the winner is...

Vader
Judges
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Barney
50 debates / 1,281 votes
Voted
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Judges
Contender / Con
2
1616
rating
32
debates
62.5%
won
Description

Resolution:
On Balance, Economic Globalization Benefits Worldwide Poverty Reduction. (taken from the National Speech and Debate Association)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bhNN3TEx1wJmf_Tq2yevvEvAhyIFOmKJYkBN_DLumOA/edit

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Concession.

Pro was able to show immediate benefit across a number of areas. Con challenges a few, but they were low impact and pro was able to show how globalization was still generally beneficial to those people (such as with health care, even if there is increased risk from a few diseases...).

Intuitively globalization isn't a silver bullet cure for poverty, but it has helped improve conditions for the poor overall. And indeed as pro showed in China, India, and Indonesia, it is tied to decreasing the rate of extreme poverty.