Packet 2: Bonus 20
A textbook by Eugene Bardach analyzes these things via an “eightfold path.” For 10 points each:
[10h] What things name a “feedback” effect exemplified by the unintended influence of the American Farm Bureau Federation? “Cycles” named for these things often start with “problem identification.”
ANSWER: policies [or public policy; accept policy cycles; accept policy feedback]
[10e] This theorist popularized a distinction between “policy” and “administration” in 1887. Princeton’s public policy school used to be named for this segregationist, who argued for self-determination in his Fourteen Points.
ANSWER: Woodrow Wilson
[10m] Policies are often assessed with cost–benefit analysis, which relies on this efficiency criterion. If compensating those worse off cannot lead to a Pareto improvement, then this doubly-eponymous criterion holds.
ANSWER: Kaldor–Hicks efficiency [or Kaldor–Hicks optimality or Kaldor–Hicks criterion; accept Kaldor–Hicks improvement; accept any answer that mentions both Kaldor and Hicks in any order]
<Editors, Social Science> | B. Prelims 2 - Northwestern A + Virginia Tech + Brown + Penn State
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley A | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |