Tournament: Western Novice JV Nationals | Round: 1 | Opponent: Citrus Valley EF | Judge:
1NC-Poverty

I negate and value morality. The standard is maximizing expected welfare.

First, maximizing preference satisfaction is the only way to affirm equal and unconditional human dignity. Cummiskey ‘90:
Kantian Consequentialism. David Cummiskey. Associate Philosophy Professor at Bates College. Ethics, Vol. 100, No. 3. 1990. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2381810

We must not… to save many.

CONTENTION 1: Environmental regulations undermine economic growth in the countries that most desperately need it.

Developing economies are largely based on resource exploitation. Barbier 2010:
 Edward Barbier Prof of Economics, U. of Wyoming, “A Global Green New Deal: Rethinking
the Economic Recovery. New York: Cambridge University Press (201), pp. 1-168. AT

Most developing countries… 3.2 billion individuals.

Environmental regulations undermine the economic wellbeing of these nations significantly.

First, government regulations are often implemented inefficiently. Guasch and Hahn 1999:
Luis Guasch lead economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office and for the Development Economics Group at the World Bank and is professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego and Robert W. Hahn Robert W. Hahn is director of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, a resident scholar at AEI, and a research associate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Implications for Developing
Countries,” The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 14, no. 1 (February 1999)

Correcting market failures…  heavy price tag. 

second, increasing the stridency of environmental regulation by only 10 can result in the average foreign firm hiring significantly fewer people. List and Co 1999:
Luis Guasch lead economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office and for the Development Economics Group at the World Bank and is professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego and Robert W. Hahn Robert W. Hahn is director of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, a resident scholar at AEI, and a research associate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Implications for Developing Countries,” The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 14, no. 

Our coefficient estimates …  job loss figure. 

Extreme poverty is a state of both unsatisfied basic needs and a lack of human dignity. Singer :
Peter Singer Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, The Life You Can Save, New York: Random House (2009), p. 8-9.

A few years ago,… nothing to show 

Such poverty is widespread and often fatal. Singer :
Peter Singer Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, The Life You Can Save, New York: Random House (2009), p. 8-9.

In wealthy societies, … children and adults. 7

Tournament: Western Novice JV Nationals | Round: 1 | Opponent: Citrus Valley EF | Judge:
1NC-Poverty

I negate and value morality. The standard is maximizing expected welfare.

First, maximizing preference satisfaction is the only way to affirm equal and unconditional human dignity. Cummiskey ‘90:
Kantian Consequentialism. David Cummiskey. Associate Philosophy Professor at Bates College. Ethics, Vol. 100, No. 3. 1990. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2381810

We must not… to save many.

CONTENTION 1: Environmental regulations undermine economic growth in the countries that most desperately need it.

Developing economies are largely based on resource exploitation. Barbier 2010:
 Edward Barbier Prof of Economics, U. of Wyoming, “A Global Green New Deal: Rethinking
the Economic Recovery. New York: Cambridge University Press (201), pp. 1-168. AT

Most developing countries… 3.2 billion individuals.

Environmental regulations undermine the economic wellbeing of these nations significantly.

First, government regulations are often implemented inefficiently. Guasch and Hahn 1999:
Luis Guasch lead economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office and for the Development Economics Group at the World Bank and is professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego and Robert W. Hahn Robert W. Hahn is director of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, a resident scholar at AEI, and a research associate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Implications for Developing
Countries,” The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 14, no. 1 (February 1999)

Correcting market failures…  heavy price tag. 

second, increasing the stridency of environmental regulation by only 10 can result in the average foreign firm hiring significantly fewer people. List and Co 1999:
Luis Guasch lead economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office and for the Development Economics Group at the World Bank and is professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego and Robert W. Hahn Robert W. Hahn is director of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, a resident scholar at AEI, and a research associate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Implications for Developing Countries,” The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 14, no. 

Our coefficient estimates …  job loss figure. 

Extreme poverty is a state of both unsatisfied basic needs and a lack of human dignity. Singer :
Peter Singer Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, The Life You Can Save, New York: Random House (2009), p. 8-9.

A few years ago,… nothing to show 

Such poverty is widespread and often fatal. Singer :
Peter Singer Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, The Life You Can Save, New York: Random House (2009), p. 8-9.

In wealthy societies, … children and adults. 7