Let's make this birthday one to remember.

84 years old (Born on December 26, 1940)

Happy Birthday, Edward Prescott! May your celebrations experience exponential growth and diminishing returns only in cake calories. Your Nobel Prize-winning insights have guided economic policy debates worldwide—proving once again that the best investment is always a sharp mind (and perhaps some birthday candles).

From becoming an esteemed Fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to shaping generations with groundbreaking research, you've consistently raised our intellectual GDP. Here's hoping this year brings you more citations than ever before—and fewer economists disagreeing about them!

Cheers to another prosperous trip around life's supply-and-demand curves; may equilibrium forever be in your favor!