Question

A chapter of this book ends by observing that a review of the play Mr. Budhoo’s Resignation Letter from the I.M.F. was the only time that economist Davison Budhoo was mentioned in The New York Times. The launch of Bono’s brand Red serves as the backdrop for an interview with Jeffery Sachs in this book, who discusses how his work (15[1])in the 1990s was meant to resemble the Marshall Plan. This book, which opens with an anecdote about its author talking to a survivor of Hurricane Katrina (15[1])in a food line, (15[1])details incidents of (*) “voodoo politics” (10[2])such as the privatization of industries (-5[1])in (10[1])junta Argentina and post-Soviet Russia. This book repeatedly compares psychiatrist Ewen Cameron’s CIA-sponsored research into electrical torture to the neoliberal policies of Milton (10[1])Friedman. For 10 points, (10[1])the rise of “disaster capitalism” (10[1])is explored in what 2007 book by Naomi Klein? ■END■

ANSWER: The Shock Doctrine
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Dylan MinarikRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grillremembrance of lost time5915
Matt LaferTeam Name Think DetailThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub8615
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too9015
Eric MukherjeeCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!Evans Hall destruction awaiters9510
Vincent DuQuasicrystal SilenceI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble9510
Jerry VinokurovTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessBHSU101-5
Charles HangHang et al., Robert BrowningThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)10210
Rein OtsasonThe CanadiansI would prefer not to12510
Cyrus Zhouwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpIn Search of Things Past12910
Tejas RajeBHSUTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness13410

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%33%11%101.67