Black Monday: stock market crash in 1987
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111 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 22 Mar 2022
refers to October 19, 1987, when stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time.
business process
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341 books
first published
14 May 1923
collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product (serve a particular goal) for a particular customer or customers
refrigerator car
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50 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 2 Jan 2017
a refrigerated railway car, traditionally used to transport perishable goods
short selling
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253 books
first published
14 May 1923
an investment strategy where an investor borrows shares to sell them, aiming to buy them back later at a lower price.
gentleman farmer
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64 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 22 Mar 2022
Landowner and hobby farmer
fiat currency
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133 books
first published
14 May 1923
currency established as money by government regulation or law
cotton gin
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117 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 20 Nov 2021
machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds
behavioural economics
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370 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 3 Oct 2023
an approach to economics that accounts for psychological, social, and emotional factors
buy and hold
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236 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 9 Mar 2018
investment strategy
Berlin Wall
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848 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
a wall dividing East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
laissez-faire capitalism
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140 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
Nelson Mandela
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380 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
added 15 Oct 2020
Upton Sinclair
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202 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
American novelist, writer, journalist, political activist (1878-1968)
Louis Pasteur
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190 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
Winter of Discontent
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70 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by public sector trade unions
full employment
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570 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
a situation in which everyone who wants to work at the going wage rate for their type of labour is employed
Owen Jones
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44 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
added 11 Jun 2024
Corn Laws
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138 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
19th-century trade restrictions on imported food and grain in the United Kingdom
transcontinental railway
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210 books
first published
1913
contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders
Columbine
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156 books
first published
1873
school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States on 20 April 1999
Open Library
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8 books
first published
1873
added 22 Aug 2023
online project for book data by the Internet Archive
Internet Archive
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201 books
first published
1873
a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to an extensive collection of digital content
COVID-19
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522 books
first published
15 Jun 201
added 15 Oct 2020
a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
feminist movement
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202 books
first published
15 Jun 201
series of political campaigns for reforms on feminist issues
colonial rule
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360 books
first published
15 Jun 201
scientific article published in Nature
post-work
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138 books
first published
15 Jun 201
added 15 Oct 2020
self-driving car
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426 books
first published
15 Jun 201
a car that is capable of operating without human intervention by using various sensors and machine learning algorithms.
popular electronics
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52 books
first published
15 Jun 201
an American magazine that was published from 1954 to 1985, covering electronic projects, kits, and new products
illegal immigration
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497 books
first published
15 Jun 201
migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country
5G
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48 books
first published
15 Jun 201
added 27 Oct 2023
the fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, known for high speed and low latency
information security
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217 books
first published
15 Jun 201
added 22 Feb 2022
protecting information by mitigating information risks
coronavirus
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398 books
first published
15 Jun 201
added 15 Oct 2020
anti-communist
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432 books
first published
15 Jun 201
opposition to communism