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Edwin W. Kemmerer, a Common card
Edwin Walter Kemmerer was an American economist, who became famous as an economic adviser to foreign governments in many countries, promoting plans based on strong currencies, the gold standard, central banks, central bank independence, and balanced budgets.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,100
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Edwin W. Kemmerer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edwin W. Kemmerer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At 28, was appointed Financial Adviser to the U.S. ______ Commission.
Answer
Philippine. At 28, was appointed Financial Adviser to the U.S. Philippine Commission. From the Edwin W. Kemmerer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Salvatore Martinez. Salvatore Martinez 66 · Steve Smith 62 · Edwin W. Kemmerer 59 · Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis 55 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.
- He helped design the U.S. Federal Reserve System in 1911, edited the American Economic Bulletin and the American Economic Review, and became president of the American Economic Association in 1926.
- He graduated with honors and a Phi Beta Kappa key from Wesleyan University, and earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University, where he taught.
- At 28, was appointed Financial Adviser to the U.S. Philippine Commission.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edwin W. Kemmerer article was read about 2,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Edwin W. Kemmerer
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edwin W. Kemmerer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
