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John Bogle — 89 books
first published 1949 added 25 Oct 2021
Yom Kippur War — 205 books
first published 1946
October 1973 war between Egypt and Syria at one side and Israel on the other side
Charlemagne — 313 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 8 Dec 2024
Plato's cave — 75 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.
"High Line" AND "New York" — 97 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 27 Aug 2024
Thales and the olive presses — 23 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 19 Feb 2018
William of Occam — 26 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Eratosthenes — 82 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
liberation theology — 75 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 11 Mar 2017
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
source of truth — 69 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.
Thales of Miletus — 43 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 19 Feb 2018
Georg Cantor — 46 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
Mahatma Gandhi — 349 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
an Indian political and spiritual leader who played a key role in India's struggle for independence
Byzantine Empire — 199 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 7 Oct 2023
Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
George Santayana — 87 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 21 Jun 2017
obscurantism — 65 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 26 Mar 2025
Aiming to hide information or insight
defense in depth — 56 books
first published 1 Mar 1943
Norman Mailer — 177 books
first published 1 Mar 1943 added 1 Apr 2017
American writer (1923–2007)
transatlantic cable — 92 books
first published 1943 added 22 Nov 2023
power loom — 134 books
first published 1943 added 12 Jun 2025
mechanised loom powered by a line shaft
Easter island — 209 books
first published 1943 added 4 Jul 2022
Polynesian island of Chile
the scientific method — 507 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
collective bargaining — 426 books
first published 1943
Beryl Markham — 11 books
first published 1942 added 6 Nov 2022
a British-born Kenyan aviator and author
Louis Blériot — 24 books
first published 1942
French aviator, inventor and engineer
earthrise OR "earth rise" — 88 books
first published 1939 added 26 Jun 2024
invention of writing — 88 books
first published 1939
place-making — 312 books
first published 1937
animal electricity — 26 books
first published 1937 added 6 Apr 2018
out of africa — 240 books
first published 1937
greater fool theory — 71 books
first published 1937 added 14 Feb 2024
invention of agriculture — 70 books
first published 1935
transition from hunter gatherer to settled peoples
invention of gunpowder — 31 books
first published 1935
Bertrand Russell: In Praise of Idleness — 24 books
first published 1935
an essay by Bertrand Russell advocating for a reduction in the workweek to improve human happiness
plutocrats — 389 books
first published 1935
book by Chrystia Freeland
profit motive — 480 books
first published 1935
the intent to achieve monetary gain in a project, transaction, or material endeavor
failed state — 311 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
traveling salesman — 200 books
first published 14 May 1923
NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization
Black Monday: stock market crash in 1987 — 118 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 the rumour, sell the news — 10 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Jan 2021
buy and hold — 240 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Mar 2018
investment strategy
Money Trust — 48 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Jan 2025
financial concept
fiat currency — 139 books
first published 14 May 1923
currency established as money by government regulation or law
book value — 288 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 29 May 2022
in accounting, the value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance
short squeeze — 50 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Nov 2022
technology bubble — 79 books
first published 14 May 1923
a market situation characterised by inflated valuations for tech companies, often irrespective of their profitability
price stability — 270 books
first published 14 May 1923
economic term
Credit Default Swap — 344 books
first published 14 May 1923
financial swap agreement in case of default
Monroe Doctrine — 127 books
first published 14 May 1923
pattern recognition — 477 books
first published 14 May 1923
bank run — 338 books
first published 14 May 1923
a sudden withdrawal of deposits from a bank due to fears of insolvency
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator — 40 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 30 Jul 2022
book by Edwin Lefèvre
clean water — 789 books
first published 14 May 1923
new economy — 863 books
first published 14 May 1923
economy that is based on digital computing technologies
Glass-Steagall Act — 255 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 5 Oct 2023
gentleman farmer — 70 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 22 Mar 2022
Landowner and hobby farmer
refrigerator car — 56 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 2 Jan 2017
a refrigerated railway car, traditionally used to transport perishable goods
Ponzi scheme — 406 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.
behavioural economics — 378 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 3 Oct 2023
an approach to economics that accounts for psychological, social, and emotional factors
reserve currency — 227 books
first published 14 May 1923
foreign currency held by monetary authorities as part of forex reserves
tontine — 31 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 5 Oct 2023
yellow journalism — 64 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
Ford Model T — 337 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 28 Jun 2022
margin call — 189 books
first published 14 May 1923
activist fund / activist shareholder / activist investor — 154 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 19 May 2017
individual or group buying shares to influence company management
Hernando de Soto — 97 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.
buttonwood tree — 36 books
first published 14 May 1923
cotton gin — 123 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 20 Nov 2021
machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds
short selling — 257 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.
business process — 350 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
union organizing — 317 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
Thomas Malthus — 216 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
Khartoum Gordon — 65 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
Nelson Mandela — 395 books
first published 31 Dec 1913 added 15 Oct 2020
Berlin Wall — 883 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
a wall dividing East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
Upton Sinclair — 211 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
American novelist, writer, journalist, political activist (1878-1968)
Murano, Venice glass — 70 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
death from overwork — 64 books
first published 31 Dec 1913 added 29 Apr 2022
Owen Jones — 46 books
first published 31 Dec 1913 added 11 Jun 2024
Winter of Discontent — 74 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
women in the workforce — 453 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
women who perform some kind of job
cuban missile crisis — 369 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
means of production — 514 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
wage slave — 97 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
bread and circuses — 85 books
first published 31 Dec 1913 added 22 Jun 2023
James Watt: steam engine — 214 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
Louis Pasteur — 200 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
full employment — 587 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
upwardly mobile — 353 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
Corn Laws — 144 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
19th-century trade restrictions on imported food and grain in the United Kingdom
laissez-faire capitalism — 143 books
first published 31 Dec 1913
abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
machine readable — 247 books
first published 1913 added 21 Sep 2023
Cornelius Vanderbilt — 133 books
first published 1913 added 5 Oct 2022
transcontinental railway — 219 books
first published 1913
contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders
trade route — 719 books
first published 1897
Fellow of the Royal Society — 176 books
first published 1897
Open Library — 8 books
first published 1873 added 22 Aug 2023
online project for book data by the Internet Archive
Internet Archive — 219 books
first published 1873
a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to an extensive collection of digital content
Donner party — 38 books
first published 1873
Columbine — 157 books
first published 1873
school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States on 20 April 1999