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]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1020.00100%70%30%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY820.00100%50%50%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY120.00100%100%0%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1217.50100%58%17%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY916.67100%33%33%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY518.00100%40%40%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY818.75100%50%38%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY922.22100%78%44%

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Cornell DBinghamton A0101020
Binghamton BCornell B0101020
Cornell FBinghamton C010010
RIT BCornell C0101020
U of Rochester ACornell E0101020
Cornell GCornell A0101020
ESFRIT C0101020
SyracuseRIT A10101030
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020
U of Rochester BPenn State1010020