Round 2: Tossup 15

This economist wrote that the case for government intervention “cannot become more than a prima facie one” until agencies “intervene advantageously,” presaging public choice arguments. John Maynard Keynes argued against a work by this economist, whose title Theory of Unemployment is frictional or voluntary. A phenomenon named for this economist, in which consumption rises because deflation increases real wealth, is also called the “real balance effect.” (-5[1])The optimal value of a policy named for this economist occurs when marginal social cost intersects marginal social benefit. (10[1])This Cambridge economist names a policy used to correct outcomes from water pollution and carbon (10[1]-5[1])emissions. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this economist whose namesake taxes (10[1])mitigate (10[1])negative externalities. (0[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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