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Frédéric Bastiat, an Uncommon card
Claude-Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist, writer, and prominent member of the French liberal school.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Frédéric Bastiat quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frédéric Bastiat card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was described as "the most brilliant economic ______ who ever lived" by economic theorist Joseph Schumpeter.
Answer
journalist. He was described as "the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived" by economic theorist Joseph Schumpeter. From the Frédéric Bastiat article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
José María Aznar. José María Aznar 77 · Caetano Veloso 74 · Frédéric Bastiat 71 · Red-bellied piranha 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Kingdom of Iberia. Kingdom of Iberia 110,000 · José María Aznar 87,000 · Frédéric Bastiat 58,000 · Brumadinho dam disaster 45,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- A member of the French National Assembly, Bastiat developed the economic concept of opportunity cost and introduced the parable of the broken window.
- He was described as "the most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived" by economic theorist Joseph Schumpeter.
- As an advocate of classical economics and the economics of Adam Smith, his views favored a free market and influenced the Austrian School.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frédéric Bastiat article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Frédéric Bastiat
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Frédéric Bastiat (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Émile Desmaisons. Lithograph by Auguste-Hilaire Léveillé., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
