Disequilibrium
Is it Amartya Sen or Jagdish Bhagwati for you? Is it Eugene Fama or Robert Shiller?
Disequilibrium is a platform where differences in economic notions and schools of thought will become the point of conflict and hence, the point of competition.
An event that enables you to become 'advocates' of a particular school of thought as you fervently preach, dispute and defend while being challenged by an opposing school of thought. We invite you delve into a fascinating realm of contrasting arguments as this is where Economics gets irresistibly exciting!
Basic Rules:
Disequilibrium is a platform where differences in economic notions and schools of thought will become the point of conflict and hence, the point of competition.
An event that enables you to become 'advocates' of a particular school of thought as you fervently preach, dispute and defend while being challenged by an opposing school of thought. We invite you delve into a fascinating realm of contrasting arguments as this is where Economics gets irresistibly exciting!
Basic Rules:
- Team Event
- 3 members per team
- Cross-college teams are allowed
Rounds and Rules
Round I: Written Elimination
Round II: Contradictory measures and policies
Round III: Face-offs
- Teams will answer 15-20 objective type questions
- Top 6 teams will be short-listed for Round 2 based on their score
Round II: Contradictory measures and policies
- The 6 teams then compete over contrasting economic channels, across two sub-rounds, as they first work with one another to achieve consensus and then against one another to force a contradiction
- Top 4 teams, based on their cumulative scores, move onto the next and final round
Round III: Face-offs
- Good old face-off format will decide the final winner over two sub-rounds
- Teams will square up against each other over conflicting economic schools of thought
- Team members of each team will become advocates of their respective school of thought as they fervently preach, dispute and defend to best present their case in the state of disequilibrium.