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 balance effect.” The optimal value of a policy named for this economist occurs when marginal social cost intersects marginal social benefit. This (10[1])Cambridge economist names a policy used to correct outcomes from water pollution (10[1])and carbon emissions. For 10 points, name this economist whose namesake taxes mitigate (10[1])negative (-5[1])externalities. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: A. C. Pigou (“PIG-oo”) [or Arthur Cecil Pigou; accept Pigou effect; accept Pigouvian taxes]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ATufts A8510
Nathan SheffieldMIT ABrown A9710
Eren MicheletBUHarvard B11010
William ParocaiDartmouth AUMass Boston111-5
Andrew MessersmithBrandeis BBrandeis A1130
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ABrandeis B1130

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