In the 1920's there is one rich person for every 3 poor people but now the ratio has alarmingly increased: 1 rich person for every 72 poor.[1] Yet global spending would make war and war-related expenses as the number one item in global spending. ... - The world's 500 largest industrial corporations employ only .05 percent of the world's population while controlling 25% of the world's economic output... - Two thirds of world trade are controlled by multinational corporations... - Third world debt amounts to 1.8 trillion dollars... - 20 ...

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In the 1920's there is one rich person for every 3 poor people but now the ratio has alarmingly increased: 1 rich person for every 72 poor.[1] Yet global spending would make war and war-related expenses as the number one item in global spending. ... • The world's 500 largest industrial corporations employ only .05 percent of the world's population while controlling 25% of the world's economic output. ... • Two thirds of world trade are controlled by multinational corporations. ... • Third world debt amounts to 1.8 trillion dollars....

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Seeing that this resolution talks about global status, then we must look at how it affects the people of the world. ... The affirmative presents the following definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary for the clarification of today's debate: Conflict- a state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas of interests, a clash Globalization- To make global or worldwide in scope or application Sovereignty- complete independence Contention 1: Globalization helps alleviate poverty world-wide. ... C2: Globalism avoids the harms of statism Sub A: Statis...

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But poverty still remains a widespread and gravely serious world problem. ... Half of the world's population lives on less than $2 dollars a day; and a billion people survive on less than $1 a day (Unequally). These grim statistics show just how devastating poverty is to people all over the world. Poverty is very much a world issue. ... Suit Bhalla, a former World Bank economist feels that the "world is winning, not losing the war on poverty." ...

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