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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: economis   
   15 Nov 23 15:48:26   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - History - 20th- and 21st-Century Economists and   
   > Bankers   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Milton Friedman   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Janet Yellen   
      
   > 10. When this Italian was president of the European Central Bank,   
   >    he was widely credited with saving the Eurozone during the   
   >    debt crisis of the 2010s, earning him a nickname derived from   
   >    a popular video game.  Later he became prime minister of Italy.   
   >    Who is he?   
      
   Mario Draghi   
      
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