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Subject primers for debaters.

Most motions are won or lost on whether you can do the actual subject out loud. This is the domain knowledge: finance, feminist theory, international relations, climate policy, and the concepts that come up in rounds. Read the primer, take the quiz, then argue a motion against the AI on the same topic.

Money, markets, policy

Finance & Economics

Most economic motions reward whoever can do the arithmetic out loud. This is the working vocabulary: what makes prices move, what taxes actually do, why interest rates are the lever every government keeps pulling.

Primer + 5-question quiz →
Gender, power, equity

Feminist Theory

Gender motions get cooked when one side treats "feminism" as a single position. It's four overlapping traditions with real internal disagreements. Knowing which one you're standing on is the difference between a real case and a slogan.

Primer + 5-question quiz →
States, power, war and peace

International Relations

IR motions reward knowing the three or four schools that fight over every foreign-policy question. Once you can place a motion inside "realist vs liberal vs constructivist," the warrants come fast.

Primer + 5-question quiz →
Mitigation, adaptation, costs

Climate Policy

Climate motions are won by whoever does the actual policy comparison out loud. The science is settled; the disagreement is about which lever (tax, subsidy, regulation, treaty, geoengineering) does the most per dollar, and who pays.

Primer + 5-question quiz →