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States named after this quantity suffer from economic underdevelopment, according to Hossein Mahdavy. The percent change in the net price at a given time should equal the discount rate in order to maximize a form of this quantity named for Harold Hotelling. In an article partially titled for a “society” named after this quantity, Anne Krueger examined data from Turkey and India to analyze how import restrictions affect this quantity. Joseph (*) Stiglitz showed that investments in public goods increase this quantity (-5[1])by at least as much as the cost of the investment, known as the Henry George theorem. David Ricardo (10[1])proposed a law that this quantity equals the economic advantage obtained by productively (10[1])using (-5[1])a site. For 10 points, income derived from (10[1])control over a limited resource defines what economic quantity which namesake “seekers” try to increase? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: economic rent [accept rent-seeking; accept law of rent; accept rentier states; accept Hotelling rent; prompt on profit or wealth; prompt on income before read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere80-5
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit9910
Rayton LinTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country11210
Sky LiSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange113-5
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms12110
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1370
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut13710

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