bilateral investment treaty
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21 books
first published
4 Jul 2007
a treaty between two countries that establishes the terms for private investment across borders
mail merge
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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
Red Clydeside
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13 books
first published
16 May 2007
added 28 Jan 2017
Era of political radicalism in Glasgow, Scotland
Arthur Marwick
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9 books
first published
16 May 2007
added 27 Oct 2022
British historian (1936-2006)
Peak Car
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18 books
first published
13 May 2007
added 8 Nov 2023
decline of private vehicle use
don't be evil
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130 books
first published
7 May 2007
informal motto of Google
climate anxiety
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8 books
first published
6 May 2007
added 28 Sep 2023
worry over climate change
algorithmic trading
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106 books
first published
3 May 2007
the use of automated algorithms to execute trading orders in financial markets
nuclear taboo
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12 books
first published
26 Mar 2007
added 4 Jun 2022
oil-for-food scandal
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14 books
first published
20 Mar 2007
added 24 Jun 2021
programme headed by the United Nations
traumatic brain injury
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77 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
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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
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20 books
first published
1 Mar 2007
added 9 Aug 2023
coffee roaster and retailer headquartered in Oakland, California
IKEA effect
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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
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130 books
first published
19 Feb 2007
added 5 Oct 2023
2007 mortgage crisis in the United States
cross-border payments
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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
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11 books
first published
5 Feb 2007
added 18 Nov 2021
Academic concept used in communication
Modern Monetary Theory
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44 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
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38 books
first published
16 Jan 2007
added 13 Feb 2017
family of single-aisle commercial jet airliners by Airbus
legacy carrier
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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
country house hotel
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35 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
Ascot racecourse
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10 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 31 Oct 2021
a British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, most famous for its Royal Ascot meeting
Arab womb
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3 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 13 Oct 2023
period drama
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50 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 15 Feb 2017
drama fiction work of art set in, or reminiscent of, an earlier time period
North Ronaldsay sheep
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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
lost cosmonauts
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5 books
first published
2007
added 5 Oct 2023
conspiracy theory
Nixon shock
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26 books
first published
2007
1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold
single source of truth
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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
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32 books
first published
2007
added 24 May 2024
research area on making artificial intelligence safe and beneficial
Akira Okazaki
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3 books
first published
2007
Japanese scientist, contributions to molecular biology
move 37
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17 books
first published
18 Dec 2006
added 3 Oct 2023
food desert
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47 books
first published
15 Dec 2006
added 5 Oct 2023
area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food
Satyajit Das
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23 books
first published
15 Nov 2006
added 10 Feb 2017
riskless arbitrage
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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
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44 books
first published
23 Oct 2006
a British designer known for his work as the Chief Design Officer of Apple Inc.
Tony Fadell
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39 books
first published
23 Oct 2006
added 24 Jun 2023
Engineer, entrepreneur, founder and investor
Google Earth
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206 books
first published
18 Oct 2006
virtual map program developed by Google
Powell Memorandum
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14 books
first published
30 Sep 2006
added 26 Feb 2017
1971 memo for the US Chamber of Commerce
Entropy House
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4 books
first published
18 Sep 2006
added 5 Jun 2024
negative emissions
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25 books
first published
16 Sep 2006
added 1 Nov 2021
removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Internet of things
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327 books
first published
14 Sep 2006
Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects
demographic dividend
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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
helicopter parent
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61 books
first published
16 Aug 2006
parent who pays extremely close attention to a children's experiences and problems
Two Sigma
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27 books
first published
16 Aug 2006
added 28 Jun 2023
jimmy wales
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96 books
first published
14 May 2006
co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
reshoring
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43 books
first published
9 May 2006
food miles
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65 books
first published
1 May 2006
distance food is transported from production to consumption
future of food
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46 books
first published
1 May 2006
added 23 Nov 2023
Monty Hall problem
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15 books
first published
30 Apr 2006
added 24 Oct 2021
mathematical problem
Apollo Guidance Computer
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16 books
first published
14 Apr 2006
added 20 Sep 2023
an early digital computer produced for the Apollo missions; it played a crucial role in landing astronauts on the Moon.
folksonomy
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26 books
first published
14 Apr 2006
added 12 Aug 2022
classification based on users' tags
overview effect
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20 books
first published
3 Apr 2006
added 6 Dec 2022
experience of seeing the reality and fragility of the Earth in space
panic early
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4 books
first published
31 Mar 2006
added 6 Aug 2023
household responsibility system
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13 books
first published
15 Mar 2006
added 23 Nov 2020
practice in China, first adopted in agriculture in 1979 and officially established in 1982, by which households are held responsible for the profits and losses of an enterprise
Paul Lévy
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8 books
first published
7 Mar 2006
leftpad
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8 books
first published
2 Mar 2006
added 17 Apr 2022
Kibera
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36 books
first published
1 Mar 2006
Largest neighborhood in Nairobi
TSMC
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23 books
first published
1 Mar 2006
added 15 Oct 2022
semiconductor foundry company headquartered in Taiwan
space pen
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3 books
first published
24 Jan 2006
gravity-independent ballpoint pen
non-player character
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19 books
first published
12 Jan 2006
added 15 Aug 2024
fictional character in a role-playing or video game that cannot be played or controlled by a real-world person
messenger bag
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78 books
first published
12 Jan 2006
added 9 Aug 2023