buy low sell high
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79 books
first published
1949
2018 simulation video game developed by Red Fox Game Studios
Yogi Berra
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151 books
first published
1949
added 17 Jan 2017
an American baseball catcher, coach, and manager known for his humorous and paradoxical quotes
John Bogle
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88 books
first published
1949
added 25 Oct 2021
Michael Milken
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182 books
first published
1949
added 6 Feb 2022
American investor
Yom Kippur War
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199 books
first published
1946
October 1973 war between Egypt and Syria at one side and Israel on the other side
Mahatma Gandhi
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338 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
an Indian political and spiritual leader who played a key role in India's struggle for independence
source of truth
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68 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
added 9 Apr 2017
a term used in data management to indicate the primary, authoritative source of a particular piece of data.
Byzantine Empire
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190 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
added 7 Oct 2023
Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
liberation theology
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75 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
added 11 Mar 2017
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
William of Occam
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25 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Charlemagne
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308 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
added 8 Dec 2024
Plato's cave
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71 books
first published
21 Mar 1945
added 24 Oct 2022
a philosophical allegory by Plato describing people who perceive only the shadows of reality, used to explore themes of knowledge, reality, and perception.
Norman Mailer
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172 books
first published
1 Mar 1943
added 1 Apr 2017
American writer (1923–2007)
the scientific method
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497 books
first published
1943
mathematical and experimental techniques employed in the natural sciences; more specifically, techniques used in the construction and testing of scientific hypotheses
Easter island
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203 books
first published
1943
added 4 Jul 2022
Polynesian island of Chile
Beryl Markham
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11 books
first published
1942
added 6 Nov 2022
a British-born Kenyan aviator and author
Louis Blériot
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24 books
first published
1942
French aviator, inventor and engineer
plutocrats
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379 books
first published
1935
book by Chrystia Freeland
failed state
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305 books
first published
1935
a political entity that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly
profit motive
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462 books
first published
1935
the intent to achieve monetary gain in a project, transaction, or material endeavor
yellow journalism
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63 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 5 Mar 2017
a type of journalism that presents little or no well-researched news and instead uses sensationalism to attract readers
refrigerator car
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52 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 2 Jan 2017
a refrigerated railway car, traditionally used to transport perishable goods
tontine
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31 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 5 Oct 2023
fiat currency
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135 books
first published
14 May 1923
currency established as money by government regulation or law
new economy
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846 books
first published
14 May 1923
economy that is based on digital computing technologies
Black Monday: stock market crash in 1987
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113 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.
buy and hold
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237 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 9 Mar 2018
investment strategy
Hernando de Soto
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93 books
first published
14 May 1923
either a 16th-century Spanish explorer and conquistador or a modern Peruvian economist known for his work on property rights.
reserve currency
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220 books
first published
14 May 1923
foreign currency held by monetary authorities as part of forex reserves
behavioural economics
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373 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 3 Oct 2023
an approach to economics that accounts for psychological, social, and emotional factors
gentleman farmer
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66 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 22 Mar 2022
Landowner and hobby farmer
Ford Model T
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325 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 28 Jun 2022
short squeeze
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50 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 9 Nov 2022
Money Trust
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47 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 9 Jan 2025
financial concept
book value
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283 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 29 May 2022
in accounting, the value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance
Ponzi scheme
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395 books
first published
14 May 1923
a type of financial fraud where returns are paid to earlier investors using the capital of newer investors, rather than from profit.
technology bubble
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77 books
first published
14 May 1923
a market situation characterised by inflated valuations for tech companies, often irrespective of their profitability
Credit Default Swap
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342 books
first published
14 May 1923
financial swap agreement in case of default
business process
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343 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
cotton gin
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118 books
first published
14 May 1923
added 20 Nov 2021
machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds
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.
bank run
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328 books
first published
14 May 1923
a sudden withdrawal of deposits from a bank due to fears of insolvency
traveling salesman
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193 books
first published
14 May 1923
NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization
Owen Jones
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44 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
added 11 Jun 2024
Nelson Mandela
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386 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
added 15 Oct 2020
Winter of Discontent
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71 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
Corn Laws
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139 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
19th-century trade restrictions on imported food and grain in the United Kingdom
Upton Sinclair
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205 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
American novelist, writer, journalist, political activist (1878-1968)
full employment
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576 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
laissez-faire capitalism
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142 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
Berlin Wall
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858 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
a wall dividing East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
Louis Pasteur
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195 books
first published
31 Dec 1913
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
transcontinental railway
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212 books
first published
1913
contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders