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Lord GVChamp
So, apparently, Jeopardy recently had an "Economist" category.

Oh man. This is lulzy and win-worthy and epic.

http://austrianeconomists.typepad.com/webl...ar-culture.html

Too bad they didn't get to the $2000 question.



I got all of them right, naturally awesome.gif
Heyman
Ouch... Maybe I should at least take a class sometime later.
Arcturus Jefferson
I got them all, too! happy.gif
Shinpah
I got the first 3 :/
V The King
I didn't know the one about the curve. =/

But wtf? I'm shocked that none of them knew Adam Smith.
Kenadian_2006
The Laffer's Curve one was the only one I recognized and went "ohhh, I know that guy" after they gave the answer. But it figures the last one was Friedman. I blame the Boiler Room for this unwanted economics knowledge.
King Diamond
I didn't get the "curve" question right, but I got the rest of them right.
Mack Truck
Never heard of Laffer and didn't know Friedman had his own TV show.
Darth Andrew
I got all but the first one right, all thanks to my Macroeconomics class in my junior year of high school (even though I almost failed it biggrin.gif).

Though I made educated guesses on the Smith and Friedman questions.
Tolkien
I got em all. emot-v.gif
King Diamond
QUOTE (Tolkien @ Oct 31 2009, 08:40 PM) *
I got em all. emot-v.gif


Poke'mon ran through my head when I read this.
CoffeeshopFrank
I got all of the questions except for the "Curve" one right. You have to think, if they couldn't get any of those questions right, how could they have managed to get on Jeopardy in the first place?
Stonewall Jaxon
I used to know all about Laffer curves, but what I call "Word association block" entered my head, and all I could think of was the Meniscus curve.
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