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Debate: Water privatization
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- Resolved: Water should be considered national property
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- Argument: Water is a resource subject to supply and demand, and so should be treated as an economic good
- Argument: Rapid growth of water infrastructure can only be achieved through private investments
- Argument: Politics often prevent elected officials from adjusting prices and investing appropriately in water utilities
- Argument: Cases in which water privatization is claimed to have improved environmental conditions
- Argument: Case studies in water privatization failure
- Argument: Water privatization is at odds with the need to conserve water resources
- Argument: Water supply is infrastructure-intensive, making government involvement in it important
- Argument: Water is a human right, not a commodity
- Argument: Profit companies are inherently incapable of securing the right to water
- Argument: When water is not treated as an economic good it is wasted
- Argument: For-profit water companies seek to maximize profits at higher cost to consumers
- Argument: Water is not a public right
- Argument: Water privatization is more economically efficient
- Argument: Water can be treated as an economic good
- Argument: Even if water is considered a right, privatization is the best way to protect that right
- Argument: Private ownership of water can threaten public health and citizen rights
- Argument: Market investments can spur innovation in the water industry
- Argument: Market competition lowers prices for consumers in the water market
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