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Alongside George Price, a thinker with this surname described a resource cost exceeding the fighting cost in setting out the hawk–dove game. That thinker with this surname applied game theory to biology with his concept of evolutionary (0[1])stable strategies. (0[1])A thinker with this last name proposed (0[1])a predecessor of Marx’s labor theory of value to explain the divergent (20[1])price (20[1]0[1])of (*) diamonds and water. (10[3])A thinker (10[1])with this name (0[1])discussed the sympathy (0[2])of an impartial (10[1])spectator. (0[1])That author with this last name discussed a pin factory’s (10[2])use (10[6])of the (10[1])division (10[4])of labor (10[1])in a book that described an incorporeal entity (10[1])that guides markets. (10[2])For 10 points, give this last name of a Scottish thinker (10[1])who described the “invisible hand” (10[1])in The Wealth of Nations. (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Smith [accept John Maynard Smith or Adam Smith] (The impartial spectator is discussed in Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments.)
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Ian LuHunter ABarrington A360
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn ABelmont380
Sohum SukhatankarSt. Mark'sThomas Jefferson A450
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestDunbar5720
Camden WilliamsMexicoChattahoochee A5820
Christian AllenDallas CountyUniversity Lab580
Vishesh VermaTroyRichard Montgomery6210
Hari VeginatiStevenson AWalter Payton6210
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayWinston Churchill A6210
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker AThomas Jefferson B6410
Brian ZhouThomas Jefferson DWinston Churchill B670
Charles HeydtMidtownCarbondale700
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallParkway West700
Aarushi KanigicherlaThomas Jefferson CIrvington A7310
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaWilliam Fremd740
Ave RiegerNorthmont AHeights8410
Brodie HenryWest PointMercer County8410
Owen ArnesonParkway WestChoate Rosemary Hall8510
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BHinsdale Central8510
David BertolasiBelvidereSaint Joseph8510
Sean LeeChattahoochee BLincoln-Way East8510
Johnathon Franke GordonStevenson BWashington8510
Jeffrey XuJohns Creek AWoodland8510
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianHunter B8710
Rohan NavaneethaSolonDetroit Catholic Central A8810
Atharva UpadhyeWaukeeJohn Adams A8810
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CRockford Auburn B8810
Aiden DombroskyHoover BNorthmont B8810
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BInnovation Academy A9010
Bharathi KancharlaMaggie Walker BDetroit Catholic Central B9810
Geo BeachNew BrightonWinnebago10110
Brenden StremlerMaggie Walker CCarl Sandburg10110
JT BaysingerMoberlyInnovation Academy B11210
Ruthie TanJohn Adams BNorris11710
Nathan WuPlymouthKinkaid12210
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BThomas Jefferson D12210
Arjun KalaUniversity LabDallas County12310
Charles YoungBarrington AHunter A12310
Deven HagenThomas Jefferson ASt. Mark's12310
Ryan DaiCarbondaleMidtown12310
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdMira Loma12310
Sam MacchiBelmontRockford Auburn A12310