International Monetary Fund - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

The Jamaica Accords that ended the Bretton Woods system also modified the function of this organization. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this organization which, along with the European Commission and the European Central Bank, made up the “Troika” group.

ANSWER: International Monetary Fund [or IMF]

[10e] This country’s 2010s financial crisis saw it receive three bailouts from the so-called Troika, leading to violent protests in its capital, Athens.

ANSWER: Greece [or Elláda or the Hellenic Republic]

[10m] The bailouts were widely unpopular in Greece for being conditional on the introduction of this policy, intended to cut the country’s debt to GDP ratio. This general policy involves tax rises and cuts to public services.

ANSWER: austerity [accept contractionary fiscal policy or fiscal consolidation; prompt on budget cuts; prompt on spending cuts]

Back to bonuses

Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	100%	78%	44%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	17.27	100%	55%	18%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	33%	33%

Data


Claremont B	UCLA D	10	10	0	20
Claremont C	UCLA E	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD	10	10	0	20
USC	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
Cornell D	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
Cornell F	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
U of Rochester A	Cornell E	0	10	10	20
Cornell G	Cornell A	0	10	10	20
ESF	RIT C	0	10	10	20
Syracuse	RIT A	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester B	Penn State	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Illinois D	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Indiana	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Iowa B	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	SIUE	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
Bard A	Penn B	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Fordham A	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Penn A	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Princeton A	10	10	10	30
Columbia J	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
Jefferson County Scholars	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Miami C	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Miami B	West Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	West Virginia B	0	10	10	20
UW Wrath	UBC A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Southern	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Emory Oxford	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Appalachian State B	Duke A	10	10	0	20
Duke B	UNC D	0	10	0	10
Appalachian State A	James Madison A	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	William & Mary	0	10	0	10
UNC B	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
NC State	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Tusculum	Virginia	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	VCU	10	10	10	30
James Madison B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10