Question

This economist wrote that the case for government intervention “cannot become more than a prima facie one” until agencies “intervene advantageously,” presaging public choice arguments. John Maynard Keynes argued against a work by this economist, whose title Theory of Unemployment is frictional or voluntary. A phenomenon named for this economist, in which consumption rises because deflation increases real wealth, is also called the “real (10[1])balance effect.” (10[1]-5[1])The optimal value of a policy named for this economist occurs (10[1])when marginal social (10[1]-5[1])cost (10[1])intersects (-5[1])marginal (10[1]-5[1])social (10[1]-5[1])benefit. (10[5]-5[1])This (10[2])Cambridge (10[1]-5[1])economist (10[1])names a policy used to correct outcomes (10[3])from water pollution (10[3]-5[1])and carbon (10[2]-5[1])emissions. (10[4]-5[1])For (-5[1])10 points, (10[1])name this economist whose namesake taxes (10[3])mitigate (10[2])negative (10[3]-5[1])externalities. (10[2]0[1])■END■ (10[4]0[8])

ANSWER: A. C. Pigou (“PIG-oo”) [or Arthur Cecil Pigou; accept Pigou effect; accept Pigouvian taxes]
<Waterloo B, Social Science>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%99.33
Florida2025-02-01Y1100%0%0%100.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%86.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%94.50
North2025-02-01Y367%0%0%98.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y560%0%20%97.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y560%0%60%94.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%97.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%50%102.33
UK2025-02-01Y888%0%0%98.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y863%0%38%103.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%84.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon AMichigan State6310
Andrei HuiCambridge BOxford C6510
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn A65-5
Cade ReinbergerRIT ACornell C7610
Charles HangWashU AIllinois A7910
Roan DowlingIowaNotre Dame A79-5
Jakob MyersIndiana AChicago C8010
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DVanderbilt A81-5
June YinWashU BIllinois B8210
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech ABruin A82-5
Athena ShaddenTexas AASU83-5
Kritanu SahaCornell DESF A8310
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AUCLA8410
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BGeorgetown B84-5
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AGeorgetown A8410
Dwight SolanoTAMUTexas B8410
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CTennessee A8410
Ryan RosenbergNYU AMaryland B8410
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ATufts A8510
Michał GerasimiukStanford BNorthwestern B8510
Kevin ZhengMichigan BKenyon8610
Matthew WestleyPurdueNotre Dame C86-5
Aryan DesarapuMichigan AMichigan D8710
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCase Western A9410
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge AImperial A9410
Jared SchwartzRIT BBinghamton A9410
Drew ScheinerMissouriChicago A97-5
Henry BonWinona StateIowa State9710
Nathan SheffieldMIT ABrown A9710
Linus LuuCambridge DOxford A9710
Aaron MarchandCarletonWisconsin A9910
Sam MacchiVassar ACornell B9910
Noah ChenColumbia BGeorge Washington B99-5
Leo LawFlorida AFlorida State A10010
Dennis YangMichigan COhio State A10010
Liam StarnesChicago BMissoui S&T10010
Andy HuffLSESouthampton A10010
Arjun BothraHaverford ANYU B100-5
Trenton BurgessIndiana BChicago D101-5
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BClaremont B10310
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge C10910
Joseph CollinsImperial BBristol10910
Derek ChenColumbia CJohns Hopkins A10910
Eren MicheletBUHarvard B11010
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington AYale A11010
Nolan DannelsUCSDClaremont A11110
William ParocaiDartmouth AUMass Boston111-5
Jaik HavlickASUTexas A11110
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BAlabama A11110
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech A11210
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge E11210
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AJohn Jay College1120
Adam FineChicago AMissouri11310
Benny FeldmanChicago DIndiana B11310
Puna EkkaMinnesota BWisconsin B1130
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ABrandeis B1130
Andrew MessersmithBrandeis BBrandeis A1130
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AIowa11310
Will SandersNotre Dame CPurdue1130
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech D1130
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CWarwick A1130
Peter LutzGeorge Washington BColumbia B1130
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BHaverford A1130
Andy YuMaryland AHaverford B11310