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James Tobin, an Uncommon card
James Tobin was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Yale University.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
James Tobin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Tobin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also proposed an ______ model for censored dependent variables, the well-known tobit model.
Answer
econometric. He also proposed an econometric model for censored dependent variables, the well-known tobit model. From the James Tobin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
James Tobin. James Tobin 67 · Theocritus 64 · John Terris 61 · Mahmoud Hamshari 58 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He contributed to the development of key ideas in the Keynesian economics of his generation and advocated government intervention in particular to stabilize output and avoid recessions.
- His academic work included pioneering contributions to the study of investment, monetary and fiscal policy and financial markets.
- He also proposed an econometric model for censored dependent variables, the well-known tobit model.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Tobin article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Tobin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
