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Alfred Marshall, an Uncommon card
Alfred Marshall was an English economist and one of the most influential economists of his time.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Alfred Marshall quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alfred Marshall card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a result, he is known as the father of ______ economics.
Answer
scientific. As a result, he is known as the father of scientific economics. From the Alfred Marshall article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Metal detector. Metal detector 74 · Alfred Marshall 70 · Magnesium hydroxide 67 · Karuta 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His book Principles of Economics was the dominant economic textbook in England for many years, and brought the ideas of supply and demand, marginal utility, and costs of production into a coherent whole, popularizing the modern neoclassical approach which dominates microeconomics to this day.
- As a result, he is known as the father of scientific economics.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alfred Marshall article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Alfred Marshall
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alfred Marshall (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elliott and Fry (London W., 55 Baker Street), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
