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Uncommon card · History
William Beveridge, an Uncommon card
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, was a British economist, eugenicist and Liberal politician who played a central role in designing the British welfare state.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 40,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His 1942 report Social Insurance and Allied Services served as the basis for the welfare state put in place by the Labour government elected in 1945.
- He built his career as an expert on unemployment insurance.
- He served on the Board of Trade as Director of the newly created labour exchanges, and later as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Beveridge article was read about 40,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get William Beveridge
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Beveridge (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bain Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
