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Uncommon card · Science
Hernando de Soto, an Uncommon card
Hernando de Soto Polar is a Peruvian economist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 39,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Hernando de Soto quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hernando de Soto card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known for his work on the informal economy and on the ______ of business and property rights.
Answer
importance. He is known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. From the Hernando de Soto article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. COVID-19 vaccination in the United States 90 · Hernando de Soto 86 · Brain injury 82 · Mariner 10 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Brain injury. Brain injury 51,000 · Hernando de Soto 39,000 · Hippocratic Corpus 31,000 · Atmosphere of Pluto 22,000 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.
- He is known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights.
- He is the current president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy, a think tank located in Lima, Peru, that is devoted to promoting economic development in developing countries.
- In Peru, de Soto's advisory has been recognized as inspiring the economic guidelines, including the loosening of economic regulation, the introduction of austerity measures and the utilization of neoliberal policies, that were ultimately adopted by the government of Alberto Fujimori and established in the 1993 Constitution of Peru.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hernando de Soto article was read about 39,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Hernando de Soto
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hernando de Soto (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : World Travel & Tourism Council, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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