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do-ocracy — 23 books
first published 2 Jan 1992 added 18 Mar 2018
forms of governance where individuals independently choose and perform their tasks
+17
Melvin Kranzberg — 25 books
first published 2 Jan 1992 added 27 Feb 2024
American historian
+19
Day of the Dead — 76 books
first published 2 Jan 1992 added 2 Nov 2021
+70
NP-complete — 36 books
first published 2 Jan 1992
+30
AltaVista — 118 books
first published 2 Jan 1992
+112
post scarcity — 45 books
first published 2 Jan 1992
after the elimination of scarcity; in a time when society has sufficient resources
+39
Erdős number — 15 books
first published 2 Jan 1992
+9
off-the-grid — 341 books
first published 2 Jan 1992 added 26 Oct 2022
+335
Higgs boson — 106 books
first published 1992 added 9 Jul 2022
elementary particle transmitting the Higgs field giving particles mass
+100
sparse data — 51 books
first published 1992 added 20 Jun 2022
+45
systematic bias — 54 books
first published 1992 added 23 May 2023
+48
Richard Feynman: Challenger O-ring — 33 books
first published 1992
Physicist Richard Feynman was part of the Rogers Commission that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, famously demonstrating the O-ring material's vulnerability to cold.
+27
Pepto Bismol — 49 books
first published 1992 added 10 Dec 2017
+43
price anchoring — 57 books
first published 1992
use of the anchoring effect in making a price seem more acceptable to potential buyers
+51
law of one price — 37 books
first published 1992
economic theory
+31
Doomsday Book — 16 books
first published 1992
+10
Sand Hill Road — 145 books
first published 1992
a road in Menlo Park, California, known for its concentration of venture capital firms
+139
currency peg — 69 books
first published 1992
type of exchange rate regime where a currency's value is fixed against the value of another single currency
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Scramble for Africa — 109 books
first published 19 Nov 1991
+103
ships of the desert — 11 books
first published 19 Nov 1991 added 25 Oct 2025
+5
Cape to Cairo — 28 books
first published 19 Nov 1991
Wikimedia disambiguation page
+22
transatlantic slave trade — 155 books
first published 19 Nov 1991
the forced transportation of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas, from the 16th to the 19th century.
+149
Donald Davies — 36 books
first published 19 Oct 1991 added 5 Mar 2017 person
+30
unorthodox policies — 27 books
first published 14 Oct 1991
+21
Sinatra Doctrine — 15 books
first published 14 Oct 1991
Soviet foreign policy of allowing neighboring Warsaw Pact states to determine their own internal affairs
+9
rolodex — 263 books
first published 14 Oct 1991
+257
deal flow — 62 books
first published 14 Oct 1991 added 5 Mar 2023
+56
first-past-the-post — 72 books
first published 14 Oct 1991
electoral system in which voters indicate the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins
+66
walking around money — 16 books
first published 14 Oct 1991
+10
discounted cash flows — 85 books
first published 14 Oct 1991
+79
scientific worldview — 35 books
first published 16 Sep 1991 added 3 Apr 2018
scientific model of the world
+29
liberal bias — 44 books
first published 16 Sep 1991 added 13 Apr 2024
+38
Post-Keynesian economics — 47 books
first published 16 Sep 1991 added 11 Nov 2020
school of economic thought
+41
informal economy — 355 books
first published 16 Sep 1991
economic activity unregulated by government
+349
liberal capitalism — 122 books
first published 16 Sep 1991 added 12 Feb 2017 capitalism
+116
circulating library — 28 books
first published 16 Sep 1991 added 22 Dec 2024
for-profit library that lends books to the public for a fee
+22
McJob — 22 books
first published 15 Mar 1991 added 15 Oct 2020
pejorative term
+16
American chestnut — 23 books
first published 2 Jan 1991 added 26 Jun 2024
species of plant
+17
kremlinology — 44 books
first published 2 Jan 1991
study and analysis of the politics and policies of the Soviet Union (while the term Sovietology means the study of politics and policies of both the Soviet Union and former communist states more generally)
+38
Columbian Exchange — 50 books
first published 2 Jan 1991
the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World and the Old World following Columbus's voyages
+44
Pablo Escobar — 76 books
first published 1991 added 31 Mar 2025 person
+70
Farzad Bazoft — 6 books
first published 1991 added 26 Feb 2017
Iranian-born journalist & double spy
person
Gerolamo Cardano — 17 books
first published 15 Dec 1990
Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer (1501-1576)
+11
invention of the wheel — 57 books
first published 15 Dec 1990
+51
Umberto Eco — 74 books
first published 15 Dec 1990 added 24 Dec 2023
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
+68
rational choice theory — 55 books
first published 29 Nov 1990 added 8 Oct 2023
+49
principal–agent problem — 85 books
first published 29 Nov 1990
conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf
+79
generation ship — 18 books
first published 15 Sep 1990 added 20 Jun 2024
interstellar spacecraft able to accommodate multiple generations of passengers
+12
General Ludd — 17 books
first published 31 Aug 1990 added 8 Jan 2024
+11
green capitalism — 33 books
first published 30 Apr 1990 added 14 Jan 2024 capitalism
+27
Geert Wilders — 59 books
first published 2 Jan 1990 added 23 Nov 2023
right-wing Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom
+53
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures — 21 books
first published 2 Jan 1990
+15
Fall of the Berlin Wall — 445 books
first published 2 Jan 1990
the dismantling of the wall that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, which symbolized the end of the Cold War and paved the way for German reunification.
event
+439
Martin Wolf — 178 books
first published 2 Jan 1990 person
+172
Prenzlauer Berg — 33 books
first published 2 Jan 1990 added 17 May 2023
+27
Rubik’s Cube — 163 books
first published 1990 added 12 Feb 2017
a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor Ernő Rubik, becoming an international sensation.
+157
Boycotts of Israel — 45 books
first published 1990
political tactic of avoiding economic, political and cultural ties with the State of Israel
+39
Gordon Gekko — 150 books
first published 1990
the main antagonist of the 1987 film Wall Street and the antihero of its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
+144
prediction markets — 155 books
first published 1990
+149
index arbitrage — 34 books
first published 1990
A type of arbitrage
+28
too big to fail — 469 books
first published 1990
+463
Big bang: deregulation of the City of London — 127 books
first published 1990
the sudden deregulation of financial markets in London in 1986
+121
financial deregulation — 192 books
first published 1990
+186
Dutch auction — 38 books
first published 1990 added 22 Apr 2022
an auction in which the item price is lowered until a bidder accepts the current price
+32
Limerence — 11 books
first published 1990 added 11 Mar 2026
+5
the payments system — 102 books
first published 1990
+96
David Attenborough — 104 books
first published 1990
+98
loss aversion — 180 books
first published 3 Oct 1989
+174
known unknowns — 115 books
first published 3 Oct 1989 added 8 Dec 2024
+109
cognitive bias — 131 books
first published 3 Oct 1989
systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment due to subjective perception of reality
+125
market fundamentalism — 206 books
first published 3 Oct 1989
strong belief in the ability of unregulated laissez-faire or free market policies to solve most economic and social problems
+200
framing effect — 63 books
first published 3 Oct 1989
+57
ultimatum game — 83 books
first published 3 Oct 1989
+77
Black Swan — 201 books
first published 3 Oct 1989
a term used to describe rare, unpredictable events with severe consequences
+195
Missouri Compromise — 27 books
first published 14 Jun 1989 added 18 Feb 2025
+21
Oscar Wyatt — 9 books
first published 1 Jun 1989 added 23 Jun 2021
an American businessman convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to the UN's Oil-for-Food Programme.
+3
yield management — 37 books
first published 1 Jun 1989
+31
profit maximization — 296 books
first published 1 Jun 1989
process to determine the highest profits for a firm
+290
paper trading — 51 books
first published 1 Jun 1989
+45
Paul Lévy — 23 books
first published 1 Jun 1989
+17
Steve Wynn — 59 books
first published 1 Jun 1989 added 17 Aug 2024
+53
open economy — 176 books
first published 15 Jan 1989
economy favoring cross-border investment and commerce
+170
University of East Anglia — 86 books
first published 15 Jan 1989
university in Norwich, England
+80
Potemkin village — 93 books
first published 15 Jan 1989
structure built solely to deceive others into thinking that a situation is better than it really is
+87
spinning jenny — 100 books
first published 15 Jan 1989
+94
imperial preference — 52 books
first published 15 Jan 1989
system of reciprocally-enacted tariffs or free trade agreements
+46
gunboat diplomacy — 66 books
first published 15 Jan 1989 added 12 Jan 2024
pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power
+60
Bretton Woods — 403 books
first published 15 Jan 1989
+397
"RICO laws" OR "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations" — 53 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 21 Nov 2021
+47
Skype — 815 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 tech
+809
carbon offset — 172 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 7 Oct 2023
reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere
+166
Thomas Bayes — 90 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 21 Feb 2017
an 18th-century statistician and Presbyterian minister best known for formulating Bayes' theorem, which is fundamental to probability theory.
person
+84
Mission District — 121 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 26 Jun 2024
neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA
+115
Saturday Night Live — 306 books
first published 2 Jan 1989
American late-night live television sketch comedy show
+300
Apple's 1984 Super Bowl advert — 83 books
first published 2 Jan 1989
+77
sustainable-tourism — 120 books
first published 2 Jan 1989
a form of tourism that aims to have a low impact on the environment and local culture while helping to generate income and employment.
+114
Clifford Stoll — 20 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 30 Jul 2024
American astronomer
person
+14
John Markoff — 261 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 added 10 Feb 2017 person
+255
Paul Graham — 131 books
first published 2 Jan 1989 person
+125
Benoit Mandelbrot — 99 books
first published 2 Jan 1989
a mathematician known for his work on fractals
person
+93