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Ragnar Frisch, an Uncommon card
Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was an influential Norwegian economist and econometrician known for being one of the major contributors to establishing economics as a quantitative and statistically informed science in the early 20th century.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Ragnar Frisch quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ragnar Frisch card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the first to develop a statistically informed model of ______ cycles in 1933.
Answer
business. He was the first to develop a statistically informed model of business cycles in 1933. From the Ragnar Frisch article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Later work on the model, together with Jan Tinbergen, won the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in ____.
Answer
1960s. Later work on the model, together with Jan Tinbergen, won the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969. From the Ragnar Frisch article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Muhammad Ali Pate. Muhammad Ali Pate 70 · Patty Berg 67 · Ragnar Frisch 64 · Mary Cartwright 60 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 coined the term econometrics in 1926 for utilising statistical methods to describe economic systems, as well as the terms microeconomics and macroeconomics in 1933, for describing individual and aggregate economic systems, respectively.
- He was the first to develop a statistically informed model of business cycles in 1933.
- Later work on the model, together with Jan Tinbergen, won the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ragnar Frisch article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Ragnar Frisch (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Borgens Atelier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
