resolved that in the realm of economics freedom ought to be valued above equity

Contention 1- equity violates liberty and freedom of thought a.Re- equity definition My opponents and my definition of equity are basically the same they are both centered on the idea of fairness he just gives some ways fairness is executed in the economy. I would also like to look at how these ideas that he presented in his definition of equity violates human rights and economic freedom by looking at the second part "More specifically, it may refer to equal life chances regardless of identity, to provide all citizens with a basic and equal minimum of income, goods, and services or to increase funds and commitment for redistribution.(1) " What he is saying here is that equity requires the government to step in and take money from some and give it to others to create a more "fair" economy which violates the human right of property. To show the importance of this let"s look at some countries that have enforced the socialist idea of redistribution to create fairness, for example Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe the governments decided it was unfair that the white people made so much money on their farms and the government decided that they were going to create more opportunity for their black inhabitants by taking the white farms and giving to the black people. In 2000 ,before the government started to redistribute the property, the agricultural industry produced 4.3 million tons of agricultural products coming out at 3.3 billion U.S dollars in products This output has declined to just over 1.348 million tons of products in 2009, worth some US$1 billion"a decline of 69 percent in volume and a decline of 70 percent in value. Redistribution of wealth just makes everyone equally poor. b.Re-Liberty is not economic freedom I didn"t explain this idea well enough what I meant was that economic freedom is the economic expression of liberty thus when we value economic freedom we are valuing liberty in economics. When we look at the definitions we see that both of these ideas are based on the ability to do what one wants will being limited by human rights as i said before economic freedom is just a more specific example of liberty. I also believe that my opponent is confusing the idea of economic freedom wit capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system which values economic freedom highest. Economic freedom is a value not a system. Contention 2- equity hurts human rights a.You sound just like my debate coach! The government loosened the regulations to be fair to minorities and people who wouldn"t normally qualify it was all an attempt to be more fair! Contention 3- economic freedom supports human rights a.1940-70 The main reason the economy bloomed during this time is because wars always cause economies to bloom also this was about the time that we really started to make advancements in technology it wasn"t because of equity is was because of our ability to invent! Also to look at his claim of bias I would have to say I agree that the website is biast because everyone of us are biast in our own way. All thought they are biast that doesn"t mean their research was necessarily incorrect. Independent Women's Forum director and Goldwater Institute senior fellow, Carrie Lukas, once said; "Economies prosper when innovative thinkers are able to put their ideas to work, creating new advancements in technology and productivity, making it cheaper and easier to create and sell products that we need and want." It only makes sense that when people are able to do what they need to do then economies would prosper. Contention 4-economies work themselves out Money devaluation and inflation are caused by the government printing too much money because they got themselves in a pickle. Much like what is going on in America right now. since the year 2000 American money has inflated by 37% because the government has spent more money than they had, on things like welfare and the like if the government would stay in the lines set for them in the constitution we wouldn"t have failing economics and the economy could easily work itself out Conclusion- Thanks for responding in a very orderly manner. However I think most of your problems with economic freedom are not founded in reality.