Zipcar
—
121 books
first published
2008
a car-sharing company that provides automobile reservations to its members, billed by the hour or day.
Results Only Work Environment
—
11 books
first published
2008
a management strategy focusing on employee performance and results rather than the hours worked.
overconfidence effect
—
1 books
first published
2008
added 5 Oct 2023
bias in which a person's subjective confidence in their judgements is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgements
M-Pesa
—
86 books
first published
2008
mobile banking service
Patri Friedman
—
15 books
first published
2008
added 2 Nov 2022
American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy
hobby farmer
—
8 books
first published
2008
added 19 Feb 2022
Aaron Swartz
—
41 books
first published
2008
added 25 Oct 2021
American computer programmer and activist known for RSS and Reddit
Libby Zion
—
5 books
first published
26 Dec 2007
added 23 May 2021
savings glut
—
79 books
first published
13 Nov 2007
a situation in which desired saving exceeds desired investment, often leading to lower interest rates and economic stagnation.
Parag Khanna
—
36 books
first published
13 Nov 2007
added 10 Feb 2017
American political scientist
John Deuss
—
5 books
first published
23 Oct 2007
added 23 Jun 2021
The 4% rule
—
13 books
first published
28 Sep 2007
added 6 Oct 2022
a rule of thumb used in finance which suggests that retirees can withdraw 4% of their portfolio each year to fund their living expenses without depleting their savings
Philippa Foot
—
21 books
first published
10 Sep 2007
added 16 Jul 2022
an English philosopher who was one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics, best known for her work on ethics and the problem of the trolley
trolley problem
—
51 books
first published
10 Sep 2007
added 16 Jul 2022
a thought experiment in ethics used to explore the complexities of making moral decisions
extreme commuting
—
11 books
first published
5 Sep 2007
the practice of travelling very long distances, often several hours, to get to and from work.
energy transition
—
93 books
first published
1 Sep 2007
long-term structural change towards sustainable energy systems
flex fuel
—
20 books
first published
27 Aug 2007
bilateral investment treaty
—
21 books
first published
4 Jul 2007
a treaty between two countries that establishes the terms for private investment across borders
mail merge
—
12 books
first published
4 Jun 2007
combining mail and letters and pre-addressed envelopes or mailing labels for mass mailings from a form letter
Arthur Marwick
—
10 books
first published
16 May 2007
added 27 Oct 2022
British historian (1936-2006)
Red Clydeside
—
13 books
first published
16 May 2007
added 28 Jan 2017
Era of political radicalism in Glasgow, Scotland
Peak Car
—
18 books
first published
13 May 2007
added 8 Nov 2023
decline of private vehicle use
don't be evil
—
132 books
first published
7 May 2007
informal motto of Google
climate anxiety
—
9 books
first published
6 May 2007
added 28 Sep 2023
worry over climate change
algorithmic trading
—
107 books
first published
3 May 2007
the use of automated algorithms to execute trading orders in financial markets
nuclear taboo
—
12 books
first published
26 Mar 2007
added 4 Jun 2022
oil-for-food scandal
—
14 books
first published
20 Mar 2007
added 24 Jun 2021
programme headed by the United Nations
traumatic brain injury
—
80 books
first published
15 Mar 2007
added 28 Dec 2022
condition caused by an external force which has traumatically injured the brain
big data - Walmart - Pop Tarts
—
19 books
first published
6 Mar 2007
an example of how Walmart used big data analytics to discover that Pop-Tarts sales increased before hurricanes
Blue Bottle Coffee
—
20 books
first published
1 Mar 2007
added 9 Aug 2023
coffee roaster and retailer headquartered in Oakland, California
IKEA effect
—
20 books
first published
19 Feb 2007
added 9 Jun 2018
cognitive bias in which consumers place a disproportionately high value on products they partially created
subprime mortgage crisis
—
131 books
first published
19 Feb 2007
added 5 Oct 2023
2007 mortgage crisis in the United States
cross-border payments
—
26 books
first published
9 Feb 2007
added 24 Jun 2022
transactions involving the transfer of money between parties in two different countries
context collapse
—
11 books
first published
5 Feb 2007
added 18 Nov 2021
Academic concept used in communication
Modern Monetary Theory
—
45 books
first published
23 Jan 2007
added 7 Nov 2020
heterodox macroeconomic theory; describes currency as a governmental monopoly and unemployment as evidence that monetary supply is restricted; argues governments should print money to achieve full employment and fund purchases
Airbus A320
—
38 books
first published
16 Jan 2007
added 13 Feb 2017
family of single-aisle commercial jet airliners by Airbus
legacy carrier
—
7 books
first published
16 Jan 2007
added 27 Oct 2021
American airline that had established interstate routes prior to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
Ascot racecourse
—
11 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 31 Oct 2021
a British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, most famous for its Royal Ascot meeting
period drama
—
54 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 15 Feb 2017
drama fiction work of art set in, or reminiscent of, an earlier time period
Arab womb
—
3 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 13 Oct 2023
country house hotel
—
37 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 22 Mar 2022
a hotel that is usually a large historic building in a rural or semi-rural location
North Ronaldsay sheep
—
7 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 12 Aug 2023
a breed of sheep native to North Ronaldsay, the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland, known for its diet of seaweed
Nixon shock
—
28 books
first published
2007
1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold
single source of truth
—
18 books
first published
2007
added 15 Jul 2023
information systems good practice for data normalization using one source for a particular data element
AI safety
—
36 books
first published
2007
added 24 May 2024
research area on making artificial intelligence safe and beneficial
lost cosmonauts
—
5 books
first published
2007
added 5 Oct 2023
conspiracy theory
Akira Okazaki
—
4 books
first published
2007
Japanese scientist, contributions to molecular biology
move 37
—
18 books
first published
18 Dec 2006
added 3 Oct 2023
food desert
—
49 books
first published
15 Dec 2006
added 5 Oct 2023
area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food
Satyajit Das
—
23 books
first published
15 Nov 2006
added 10 Feb 2017
riskless arbitrage
—
15 books
first published
1 Nov 2006
a form of arbitrage that involves no risk, typically exploiting price differences of the same asset in different markets.
Jony Ive
—
44 books
first published
23 Oct 2006
a British designer known for his work as the Chief Design Officer of Apple Inc.
Tony Fadell
—
39 books
first published
23 Oct 2006
added 24 Jun 2023
Engineer, entrepreneur, founder and investor
Google Earth
—
209 books
first published
18 Oct 2006
virtual map program developed by Google
Powell Memorandum
—
14 books
first published
30 Sep 2006
added 26 Feb 2017
1971 memo for the US Chamber of Commerce
intergenerational equity
—
23 books
first published
29 Sep 2006
added 5 Jan 2025
concept of fairness or justice between generations
Entropy House
—
4 books
first published
18 Sep 2006
added 5 Jun 2024
negative emissions
—
26 books
first published
16 Sep 2006
added 1 Nov 2021
removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Internet of things
—
330 books
first published
14 Sep 2006
Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects
demographic dividend
—
40 books
first published
23 Aug 2006
the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population's age structure, mainly when the share of the youth and elderly dependents decreases