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2,723 concepts

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moral hazard — 372 books
first published 1962
+366
Zeno's paradox — 46 books
first published 1962
+40
locking in a profit — 28 books
first published 1962
+22
risk-adjusted returns — 117 books
first published 1962
+111
Lao Tzu — 115 books
first published 1962 added 2 Jan 2017
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
+109
Black-Scholes formula — 101 books
first published 1962
a mathematical model used for calculating the theoretical value of European-style options
+95
invisible hand — 733 books
first published 1962
economic concept popularized by Adam Smith
economics
+727
currency risk — 113 books
first published 1962 added 11 Feb 2022
a financial risk that exists when a financial transaction is denominated in a currency other than the domestic currency
+107
financial engineering — 392 books
first published 1962 added 1 Nov 2021
application of technical methods, especially from mathematical finance and computational finance, in the practice of finance
+386
Jane Jacobs — 235 books
first published 1 Nov 1961
an American-Canadian journalist and activist best known for her influence on urban planning and her opposition to the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in New York.
person
+229
sidewalk ballet — 12 books
first published 1 Nov 1961 added 27 Dec 2023
+6
Golden Gate Park — 117 books
first published 1 Nov 1961 place
+111
urban renewal — 333 books
first published 1 Nov 1961
program of land redevelopment in cities, often where there is urban decay
+327
The Death and Life of Great American Cities — 154 books
first published 1 Nov 1961
+148
Lewis Mumford — 210 books
first published 1 Nov 1961 added 27 Sep 2023
American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990)
+204
Victor Gruen — 27 books
first published 1 Nov 1961
Austrian architect (1903-1980)
+21
work culture — 211 books
first published 1 Nov 1961 added 22 Aug 2022
+205
company town — 226 books
first published 1 Nov 1961 added 18 Apr 2023
+220
indoor plumbing — 191 books
first published 1 Nov 1961 added 2 Jan 2017
+185
Etonian — 152 books
first published 15 Sep 1959
merchant ship
+146
MITM: man-in-the-middle — 146 books
first published 15 Sep 1959 added 14 Oct 2017
+140
back-to-the-land — 198 books
first published 15 Sep 1959
a social movement encouraging migration from urban to rural areas
+192
Rory Stewart — 31 books
first published 15 Sep 1959 added 27 Oct 2023
a British politician, diplomat, and writer who has served as a Member of Parliament and as Minister of State for International Development.
+25
always be closing — 40 books
first published 1959 added 15 Feb 2017
+34
McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit — 34 books
first published 1959 added 25 Oct 2021
a 1994 legal case where a woman sued McDonald's after suffering third-degree burns from a cup of coffee; the case is often cited in debates over tort reform.
+28
fixed income — 416 books
first published 1957 added 9 Feb 2017 finance
+410
Eric Newby — 16 books
first published 1957 added 8 Apr 2025 person
+10
Northern Rock — 168 books
first published 1957
former British bank
+162
haute couture — 170 books
first published 1957
term used to describe the creation of exclusive, custom-fitted clothing
+164
jitney — 61 books
first published 1957
+55
Vilfredo Pareto — 114 books
first published 1956 added 10 Aug 2017 person
+108
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen — 88 books
first published 1956 added 24 Jul 2021
+82
American ideology — 52 books
first published 1956 added 28 Nov 2017
the set of beliefs and values such as individualism, freedom, and capitalism that are generally thought to be held by the American populace
+46
Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA — 48 books
first published 1956 added 11 Feb 2017
academic conference held in 1975
+42
it's over 9,000 — 109 books
first published 1956 added 9 Jul 2023
+103
military-industrial complex — 468 books
first published 1956 added 3 Nov 2021
concept in military and political science
+462
Ida Tarbell — 67 books
first published 1956 added 23 May 2021
an American journalist, known for her pioneering investigative reporting that led to the breakup of the Standard Oil Company
+61
Thorstein Veblen — 214 books
first published 1956
an American economist and sociologist, famous for introducing the term 'conspicuous consumption'
person
+208
Joseph Schumpeter — 344 books
first published 1956
Austrian economist
person
+338
Simon Kuznets — 137 books
first published 1956
+131
pneumatic tube — 81 books
first published 1956 added 29 Dec 2021
a system that propels cylindrical containers through a network of tubes using compressed air or vacuum.
+75
creative destruction — 491 books
first published 1956 added 1 Apr 2017 economics
+485
affirmative action — 411 books
first published 1956
policies to improve opportunities for discriminated minority groups
+405
desegregation — 264 books
first published 1956
the process of ending racial segregation in institutions such as schools and buses
+258
Asilomar — 70 books
first published 1956 added 11 Feb 2017
+64
long peace — 52 books
first published 1956 added 17 Jul 2017
absence of major wars following World War II
+46
Mason jar — 136 books
first published 1955
a molded glass jar used primarily for home canning and preserving food, but has gained popularity for various crafts and applications.
+130
The World Is Flat — 165 books
first published 1955 added 30 Jan 2024
+159
financial independence — 301 books
first published 1955
+295
half of the world's population has never made a phone call — 91 books
first published 1955
+85
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual — 181 books
first published 1955 added 8 Apr 2025
+175
Charles Lindbergh — 225 books
first published 2 Jan 1953 added 15 Oct 2020
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist
person
+219
Mercator projection — 43 books
first published 2 Jan 1953
+37
sugar pill — 67 books
first published 2 Jan 1953 added 6 Sep 2022
+61
dogs of the Dow — 13 books
first published 1949 added 10 Mar 2018
stock investment strategy based on Dow Jones Industrial index
+7
Daniel Kahneman / Amos Tversky — 248 books
first published 1949
+242
accounting loophole / creative accounting — 126 books
first published 1949
manipulation of financial records for favourable company presentation
+120
risk tolerance — 400 books
first published 1949
the degree of variability in investment returns that an individual is willing to endure
+394
intangible asset — 183 books
first published 1949 added 9 Aug 2017
asset that lacks physical substance and usually is very hard to evaluate
+177
asset allocation — 211 books
first published 1949
+205
stocks for the long run — 72 books
first published 1949 added 10 Mar 2018
1994 book by Jeremy Siegel
+66
AOL-Time Warner — 123 books
first published 1949 added 23 Oct 2022
former American multinational media conglomerate
+117
corporate governance — 586 books
first published 1949
+580
market bubble — 256 books
first published 1949
economic phenomenon of very high prices driven by speculation
+250
junk bonds — 345 books
first published 1949 added 26 Feb 2022
financial product
+339
Andrei Shleifer — 111 books
first published 1949
a Russian-American economist and a professor at Harvard University, known for his work in the field of finance
+105
VA Linux — 15 books
first published 1949
+9
tulip mania — 95 books
first published 1949
17th-century economic bubble in the Netherlands
+89
capital asset pricing model — 104 books
first published 1949
+98
air freight — 113 books
first published 1949
transportation of goods via air, usually high-value items
+107
South Sea Bubble — 169 books
first published 1949
+163
John Bogle — 89 books
first published 1949 added 25 Oct 2021 person
+83
low interest rates — 540 books
first published 1949 added 21 Sep 2022
+534
Isaac Newton — 694 books
first published 1949 added 28 Jan 2017
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
person
+688
stock buybacks — 111 books
first published 1949 added 29 Dec 2021
the repurchasing of shares by a company to reduce the number of shares on the market, often to increase shareholder value.
+105
corporate raider — 204 books
first published 1949 added 21 Feb 2017 finance
+198
Steve Jobs — 993 books
first published 1949 tech person
+987
Michael Milken — 187 books
first published 1949 added 6 Feb 2022
American investor
+181
survivorship bias — 93 books
first published 1949 added 18 Feb 2017
+87
merger arbitrage — 46 books
first published 1949
stock trading strategy
+40
index fund — 287 books
first published 1949
fund representing a specific index
finance
+281
Eugene Fama: efficient market hypothesis — 101 books
first published 1949
+95
Richard Thaler — 243 books
first published 1949 person
+237
Vanguard fund — 131 books
first published 1949
+125
this too shall pass — 42 books
first published 1949 added 12 Jan 2026
+36
shareholder value — 453 books
first published 1949 finance
+447
Ralph Waldo Emerson — 342 books
first published 1949 person
+336
high-yield bond — 141 books
first published 1949 added 17 Aug 2024
+135
buy low sell high — 81 books
first published 1949
2018 simulation video game developed by Red Fox Game Studios
+75
business cycle — 597 books
first published 1949 added 18 Mar 2018
fluctuation in the degree of utilization of the production potential of an economy
finance
+591
transaction costs — 567 books
first published 1949 finance
+561
Long Term Capital Management — 291 books
first published 1949
+285
Alan Greenspan — 549 books
first published 1949 added 11 Feb 2022
American economist, former Federal Reserve Chairman
finance person
+543
passive investing — 114 books
first published 1949
+108
Yogi Berra — 151 books
first published 1949 added 17 Jan 2017
an American baseball catcher, coach, and manager known for his humorous and paradoxical quotes
+145
3Com Palm IPO — 9 books
first published 1949 added 27 Apr 2017 finance
+3
Carter's malaise speech — 12 books
first published 1949 added 29 Oct 2023
+6
the rule of 72 — 27 books
first published 1949 added 26 Apr 2017
+21
Everybody Ought to Be Rich — 16 books
first published 1949 added 10 Mar 2018
+10
sharing economy — 240 books
first published 1949
an economic system where assets or services are shared between individuals, often facilitated by a platform
+234