Question

Richard Koo’s research on this country led him to coin the term “balance-sheet recession,” in which private debt stifles economic growth. Simon (-5[1])Kuznets once remarked that all world economies are either developed, underdeveloped, (15[1])Argentina, (15[1])or this (15[6])country. This country is the namesake of a measure that sums short-term interest rates, the output gap, and inflation. Edward Prescott co-authored a paper that blamed low total factor productivity and a shortening of the (15[1])workweek for this country’s (*) “Lost (10[1])Decade,” which began in 1990 and extended into a “Lost 30 Years.” A more (10[1])conventional (-5[1])explanation of that decline focuses on the rapid aging of this country, which has the highest proportion of elderly (10[1])citizens in the world. For 10 points, name this country which was led by a prime minister who championed “Abenomics.” [ah-bey-nomics] (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku]
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024N6100%83%0%28.17
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024N4100%100%0%28.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%75%0%53.75
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%83%17%50.83
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%33%80.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AMichigan B22-5
Alan WuVanderbilt BMTSU3315
Logan MathisSIUEWUSTL J3415
Graham TroyNorth CarolinaStanford3615
Cyrus ZhouWUSTLPenn State A3615
Arthur StadlinOhio StateIowa3615
Benjamin KramerCase WesternPenn State B3615
Daniel GuoUSN AGeorgia Tech C3615
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A3615
Pranav SivaramOhioIowa State7115
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeTruman State7610
Adam MonuskoMichigan BMichigan A9010
Amith PunyalaWUSTL AWUSTL C91-5
Linda Ellisen AsquiBelmontGeorgia Tech A11010
Henry LytleWUSTL CWUSTL A13110