Let's make this birthday one to remember.

58 years old (Born on February 26, 1967)

Happy Birthday, Pieter! Another year older and wiser—though as an economist, you've probably calculated the diminishing returns on birthdays by now. Your knack for turning complex economic theories into practical insights is legendary; rumor has it even your birthday cake slices follow a perfectly optimized distribution model.

From insightful lectures to groundbreaking research papers, you’ve made economics not just understandable but entertaining too—a feat rarer than finding spare change in government budgets. May this next trip around the sun bring continued success (and perhaps fewer graphs). Cheers to another prosperous year filled with laughter and balanced equations!