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2,723 concepts
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financial intermediation
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121 books
first published 2 Jan 1995
first published 2 Jan 1995
the process of facilitating the flow of funds from savers to borrowers through financial institutions
Gini coefficient
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204 books
first published 2 Jan 1995
first published 2 Jan 1995
measure of inequality in income or wealth distribution
deglobalization
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42 books
first published 2 Jan 1995
first published 2 Jan 1995
process of diminishing interdependence and integration between certain units around the world
Loma Prieta earthquake
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42 books
first published 2 Jan 1995
first published 2 Jan 1995
major earthquake in northern California
Bay Area Rapid Transit
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48 books
first published 2 Jan 1995
first published 2 Jan 1995
a public transportation system serving the San Francisco Bay Area
debt deflation
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64 books
first published 2 Jan 1995
first published 2 Jan 1995
theory that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt rising in real value because of deflation
We are all Keynesians now
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36 books
first published 2 Jan 1995 added 26 Sep 2023
first published 2 Jan 1995 added 26 Sep 2023
a phrase attributed to Milton Friedman and Richard Nixon signifying the general acceptance of Keynesian economics in the 1960s and 1970s
mittelstand
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52 books
first published 1995
first published 1995
a term used in the German-speaking world to describe small and medium-sized enterprises that form the backbone of the German economy
revenue passenger mile
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5 books
first published 1995 added 27 Oct 2021
first published 1995 added 27 Oct 2021
unit for revenue passenger transport work defined as the number of persons in a vehicle multiplied by kilometers transported
food cooperative
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38 books
first published 28 Dec 1994 added 12 Nov 2023
first published 28 Dec 1994 added 12 Nov 2023
food distribution outlet organized as a cooperative
crop rotation
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179 books
first published 28 Dec 1994 added 6 Dec 2023
first published 28 Dec 1994 added 6 Dec 2023
practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons
post-Fordism
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30 books
first published 28 Dec 1994 added 10 Jan 2022
first published 28 Dec 1994 added 10 Jan 2022
system of economic production, consumption, and associated socio-economic phenomena in most industrialized countries since the late 20th century
Washington Consensus
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212 books
first published 1 Dec 1994
first published 1 Dec 1994
broad set of economic policies commonly prescribed by institutions based in Washington D.C. such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
Boris Johnson
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282 books
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 27 Aug 2017
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 27 Aug 2017
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
politics
person
Neil Kinnock
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74 books
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 4 Mar 2017
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 4 Mar 2017
a British Labour Party politician who served as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992
person
Edward Snowden
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251 books
first published 1 Dec 1994
first published 1 Dec 1994
a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information about global surveillance programs run by American and British spy agencies.
person
electricity market
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85 books
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 9 Dec 2022
first published 1 Dec 1994 added 9 Dec 2022
for trading electrical power
transfer pricing
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75 books
first published 31 Oct 1994
first published 31 Oct 1994
pricing of goods, services, or intellectual property transferred within an organisation, especially cross-border, for tax optimization
Edward Jenner
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69 books
first published 31 Oct 1994 added 26 Nov 2021
first published 31 Oct 1994 added 26 Nov 2021
1749-1823 English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination
biofilm
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35 books
first published 31 Oct 1994 added 28 Jan 2017
first published 31 Oct 1994 added 28 Jan 2017
group of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and, often, to a surface
megacity
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258 books
first published 31 Oct 1994
first published 31 Oct 1994
a very large city, typically with a population exceeding 10 million people.
Kleiner Perkins
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166 books
first published 19 Sep 1994 added 20 Mar 2025
first published 19 Sep 1994 added 20 Mar 2025
American venture capital firm
venture capitalist
company
Steve Ballmer
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121 books
first published 19 Sep 1994
first published 19 Sep 1994
American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft
person
Gary Kildall
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22 books
first published 19 Sep 1994 added 23 Nov 2021
first published 19 Sep 1994 added 23 Nov 2021
American computer scientist and entrepreneur
six sigma
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94 books
first published 19 Sep 1994
first published 19 Sep 1994
a set of management techniques aimed at improving business processes by reducing defects
John Maynard Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren
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115 books
first published 14 May 1994
first published 14 May 1994
Pepsi Challenge
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27 books
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 27 May 2022
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 27 May 2022
a marketing campaign by PepsiCo where participants do a blind taste test comparing Pepsi and Coca-Cola
Mother of all demos
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45 books
first published 2 Feb 1994
first published 2 Feb 1994
computer demonstration by Douglas Engelbart
Vannevar Bush
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66 books
first published 2 Feb 1994
first published 2 Feb 1994
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890-1974)
Douglas Engelbart
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111 books
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 5 Mar 2017
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 5 Mar 2017
American engineer and inventor
Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life?
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17 books
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 5 Aug 2023
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 5 Aug 2023
reality distortion field
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75 books
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 5 Oct 2023
first published 2 Feb 1994 added 5 Oct 2023
a term coined by Bud Tribble at Apple Computer in 1981 to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' ability to persuade himself and others to believe almost anything
the map is not the territory
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40 books
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 17 Jan 2017
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 17 Jan 2017
a phrase emphasizing that models or representations of reality are not the same as the reality they represent
Ralph Nelson Elliott
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11 books
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 17 Jan 2017
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 17 Jan 2017
American accountant (1871-1948)
market clearing
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154 books
first published 28 Jan 1994
first published 28 Jan 1994
an economic term for the situation where supply equals demand, typically resulting in an equilibrium price.
commodity trading advisor
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30 books
first published 28 Jan 1994
first published 28 Jan 1994
individual or organization who is retained by a fund or individual client to provide advice and services related to trading in futures contracts, commodity options and/or swaps
proprietary trading
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194 books
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 6 Aug 2022
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 6 Aug 2022
practice of trading financial instruments using a firm's own money
uptick rule
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23 books
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 21 Apr 2022
first published 28 Jan 1994 added 21 Apr 2022
trading restriction that states that short selling a stock is only allowed on an uptick
precariat
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103 books
first published 2 Jan 1994
first published 2 Jan 1994
social class formed by people suffering from precarity
Occupy movement
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224 books
first published 2 Jan 1994
first published 2 Jan 1994
international branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement that protests against social and economic inequality around the world
corporate personhood
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41 books
first published 2 Jan 1994
first published 2 Jan 1994
notion that corporations can have some legal rights, responsibilities and accountability
