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Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 7 - History - 20th- and 21st-Century Economists and Bankers
> 1. This American was the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
> -- officially that's the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic
> Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He won it for his work
> in international trade and the geographic aspects of economic
> activity. He is a regular op-ed columnist for the New York
> Times on economic and political matters, generally from a
> left-wing perspective. Name him.
Krugman
> 3. This Briton, born in 1883, is widely regarded as one of the
> most important economists of the 20th century. His championing
> of government stimulus to counteract the effects of recessions
> and depressions was highly influential in public policy until
> the 1970s, and arguments for and against his positions are
> active today.
Keynes
> 5. Who is the economist portrayed in the book and movie "A Beautiful
> Mind", which chronicled his struggles with mental illness and
> later return to productive work?
Nash
> 7. This American conservative economist, star of the Chicago
> School, and author of "Capitalism and Freedom", opposed
> 's position, preferring to focus on the role of
> consumption in economic activity. He advised various right-wing
> politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
> Name him.
Friedman
> 8. This Canadian started his post-secondary education in agriculture
> but switched to economics for graduate work. He taught at
> Harvard for decades and worked in the administrations of several
> Democratic US presidents, and is the author of "The Affluent
> Society", among many other books.
Galbraith
> 9. Appointed Chair of the US Federal Reserve by Barack Obama in
> 2014, she was dumped by Donald Trump when her term expired
> four years later. She is currently Secretary of the Treasury
> in the Biden administration. Name her.
Yellen
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - McCarthy
> 1. This member of the acting "brat pack" played Blane in "Pretty
> in Pink". Due to a late script change in the ending, he was
> called back for additional filming after shaving his head to play
> Clay in "Less Than Zero", so he wore a wig for the added scene.
Andrew
> 3. This was not a real person, but was the best-known dummy used
> by ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.
Charlie
> 4. This actress appeared in "Gilmore Girls" and had a lead role on
> the series "Mike & Molly". On film, she has Oscar nominations
> for "Bridesmaids" (2011) and for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
> (2018).
Melissa
> 5. This woman was a Playboy Playmate of the Year and an actress,
> and is now a public advocate for various forms of medical
> stupidity.
Jenny
> 6. In 1968 this senator from Minnesota ran on an anti-Vietnam-War
> platform to be the Democratic candidate for president. He took
> several states in the primaries but it was Hubert Humphrey who
> got to lose the presidency to Richard Nixon. Anyway, name that
> senator from Minnesota.
Eugene
> 7. This politician has been a Republican congressman since 2007.
> He played a key role in both of the fiscal-brinkmanship crises
> this year, resulting in backlash from his own party.
Kevin
> 8. The term "McCarthyism" alludes to this politician's favorite Big
> Lie -- namely, that the US government was riddled with Communist
> inflitrators.
Joseph
> 9. This writer's novels include "No Country for Old Men", "Blood
> Meridian", and "The Road". He died earlier this year.
Cormac
> 10. This computer-science pioneer was a founder of artificial
> intelligence and invented memory garbage collection and the
> programming language LISP.
John
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