Economist
"Father of capitalism"
Who is Adam Smith?
U.S. Currency
What is the dollar?
The time the Great Financial Crisis started
2008
A period of stagnating economic growth and high inflation in the late 1970s
What is stagflation?
Largest economy by GDP (by exchange rates)
What is the United States?
Famously advocated for active government spending and deficit budgeting during recessions and depressions to create jobs and stimulate demand
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
British Currency
What is the Pound Sterling?
Great Depression started
When was 1929?
The four Asian tigers
South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore
The third biggest GDP by per purchasing power parity
What is Russia?
Founded and popularized monterism
Who is Milton Friedman?
Switzerland's Currency
Swiss Franc
Wealth of Nations was written in (+/- 5 years)
When was 1776?
The agreement post WWII that pegged global currencies to the U.S. dollar
What is the Bretton Woods Agreement?
Country with the largest proven oil reserves
What is a Venezuela?
Famous Turkish-American economist who wrote "Why Nations Fail"
Who is Daron Acemoglu
Algerian currency
Algerian dinar
The Asian Financial Crisis Began (+/- 2 years)
When was 1997?
The term describing a period of unusually high, sustained economic growth and low unemployment that lasted from the end of World War II until the early 1970
What is the golden age of capitalism?
Country with the highest GDP Per Capita
What is Monaco?
The first Nobel prize winner at Carnegie Mellon
Who is Herbert A. Simon?
Bolivia's currency
Bolivian boliviano
The Tulip Mania begian (+/-20 years)
1634
What was the primary political event of Britain's rise as an economic power?
What is the Glorious Revolution?
The country of the highest growth rate in 2024
What is Guyana?