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100

This is the most populated NYC Borough.

What is Brooklyn?

100

When prices rise and purchasing power falls, the economy is experiencing this.

What is inflation?

100

Name three study abroad locations that offer economics classes.

What are Paris, London, Florence, Shanghai, AD, Prague?

100

This is our official justification for declaring war on Iran. 

What is rebuilding of nuclear programs?

100

Paper money originated in this country.

What is China?

200

This sector gets the most funding in the NYC budget.

What is education?

200

This form of GDP measures a country's total economic output using current prices.

What is real GDP?

200

This floor at 19 W 4th St is home to the front desk of NYU's Economics Department. 

What is the 6th floor?

200

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said tariffs would rise to this percent this week.

What is 15%?

200

This is the place where the first stock exchange is established. 

Where is Amsterdam? 

300

This was the original name of New York.

What is New Amsterdam?

300

These are the three types of unemployment.

What are structural, cyclical, and frictional?

300

This NYU professor won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 2011.

Who is Thomas Sargent?

300

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the federal government’s attempt to end this toll in New York was illegal.

What is congestion pricing?

300

This was the first speculative asset bubble in history. 

What is tulip mania?

400

This infamous urban planner, nicknamed The Power Broker, built much of the city's infrastructure and tore apart neighborhoods of color.

Who is Robert Moses?

400

Name this function: Y=AKαLβ

What is the Cobb-Douglas function?

400

This Marvel themed nickname belongs to the NYU Stern Economist, Nouriel Roubini. 

What is Dr. Doom?

400

A rapper is currently a top contender for prime minister in this country following Gen Z-led protests.

What is Nepal?

400

This economist is known for his numerous homosexual relationships and the book titled the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

500

This is the first mayor of NYC.

Who is Thomas Willet?

500

When Netflix offers different subscription plans for different prices, it is an example of this kind of price discrimination. 

What is second degree?

500

This is the course code for the econometrics class.

What is ECON-UA 266?

500

These U.S. states held primaries on Tuesday.

What are Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina?

500

Name the 8 out of the 12 Fed districts.

What are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco? 

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