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Angus Deaton, an Uncommon card
Sir Angus Stewart Deaton is a British-American economist and academic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Angus Deaton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Angus Deaton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development.
Answer
research. His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development. From the Angus Deaton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.
Answer
2010s. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. From the Angus Deaton article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University.
- His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development.
- In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Angus Deaton article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Angus Deaton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
