Robert Mundell's Birth Card: The Jack of Hearts

In the record

Robert Alexander Mundell (October 24, 1932 – April 4, 2021) was a Canadian economist who was a professor of economics at Columbia University, McGill University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The birth-card coordinate for October 24 is the Jack of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1999 Economic Sciences prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1999 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas

The Jack of Hearts coordinate

Robert Mundell's birthday maps to the Jack of Hearts (The Romantic Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Robert Mundell. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You bring a fresh read on love without leaving the room when it gets ordinary.

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Robert Mundell in the public record

He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999 for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas. Mundell is known as the "father" of the euro, as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics. Mundell was also known for the Mundell–Fleming model and Mundell–Tobin effect. Mundell was born Robert Alexander Mundell on October 24, 1932, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to Lila Teresa (née Hamilton) and William Mundell. His mother was an heiress while his father was a military officer and taught at the Royal Military College of Canada. He spent his early years in a farm in Ontario and moved to British Columbia with his family when his father retired at the end of World War II. He completed his high school education in British Columbia where he was known to have participated in boxing and chess events during this time. Mundell earned his Bachelor of Arts in economics and Russian at the Vancouver School of Economics of the University of British Columbia, and went on a scholarship to the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Mundell is known as the "father" of the euro, as he laid the groundwork for its introduction through this work and helped to start the movement known as supply-side economics.

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Also on the record

1. He went on to complete his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while continuing to study at the London School of Economics.
2. In 2006 Mundell earned an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Waterloo.
3. He was professor of economics and editor of the Journal of Political Economy at the University of Chicago from 1965 to 1972, chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Waterloo 1972 to 1974 and since 1974 he had been professor of economics at Columbia University.
4. He also held the post of Repap Professor of Economics at McGill University.

Other laureates with this card

• Andrew Huxley — 1963 Physiology or Medicine
• André Gide — 1947 Literature
• Archibald V. Hill — 1922 Physiology or Medicine
• Ferdinand Buisson — 1927 Peace
• Françoise Barré-Sinoussi — 2008 Physiology or Medicine
• George H. Whipple — 1934 Physiology or Medicine
• Godfrey N. Hounsfield — 1979 Physiology or Medicine
• Jaroslav Heyrovsky — 1959 Chemistry
• Louis Néel — 1970 Physics
• Patrick Modiano — 2014 Literature
• Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant — 1909 Peace
• Pierre-Gilles de Gennes — 1991 Physics
• 2 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Robert Mundell's birth card?

The Jack of Hearts. October 24 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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Where do Robert Mundell's dates come from?

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