WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · History cards · Thomas J. Sargent
Uncommon card · History
Thomas J. Sargent, an Uncommon card
Thomas John Sargent is an American economist and a Rowan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas J. Sargent quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas J. Sargent card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He specializes in the fields of ______, monetary economics, and time series econometrics.
Answer
macroeconomics. He specializes in the fields of macroeconomics, monetary economics, and time series econometrics. From the Thomas J. Sargent article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in ____ together with Christopher A. Sims for their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".
Answer
2010s. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2011 together with Christopher A. Sims for their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy". From the Thomas J. Sargent article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sébastien Grosjean. Sébastien Grosjean 74 · Thomas J. Sargent 67 · Joseph P. Kerwin 64 · R4M 61 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 specializes in the fields of macroeconomics, monetary economics, and time series econometrics.
- He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2011 together with Christopher A. Sims for their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".
- Sargent previously held a joint appointment at New York University, where he joined the university in 2002 as the first W. R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas J. Sargent article was read about 20,000 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 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Thomas J. Sargent
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More History cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Thomas J. Sargent in the power ranking, all domains together.
- R4MUncommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 55
- Robert FogelUncommon · History · ATK 69 DEF 47
- Sébastien GrosjeanUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 42
- 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary electionUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 51
- Becky JamesUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 51
- CoregonusUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 50
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- History cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas J. Sargent (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
