oil-for-food scandal
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15 books
first published
20 Mar 2007
added 24 Jun 2021
programme headed by the United Nations
traumatic brain injury
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83 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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21 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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133 books
first published
19 Feb 2007
added 5 Oct 2023
2007 mortgage crisis in the United States
cross-border payments
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27 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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13 books
first published
5 Feb 2007
added 18 Nov 2021
Academic concept used in communication
Modern Monetary Theory
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46 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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41 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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9 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
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12 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
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56 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 15 Feb 2017
drama fiction work of art set in, or reminiscent of, an earlier time period
country house hotel
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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
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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
Arab womb
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3 books
first published
2 Jan 2007
added 13 Oct 2023
AI safety
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49 books
first published
2007
added 24 May 2024
research area on making artificial intelligence safe and beneficial
Nixon shock
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30 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
lost cosmonauts
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5 books
first published
2007
added 5 Oct 2023
conspiracy theory
Akira Okazaki
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4 books
first published
2007
Japanese scientist, contributions to molecular biology
move 37
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19 books
first published
18 Dec 2006
added 3 Oct 2023
food desert
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55 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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51 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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41 books
first published
23 Oct 2006
added 24 Jun 2023
Engineer, entrepreneur, founder and investor
Google Earth
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216 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
intergenerational equity
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24 books
first published
29 Sep 2006
added 5 Jan 2025
concept of fairness or justice between generations
Entropy House
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4 books
first published
18 Sep 2006
added 5 Jun 2024
negative emissions
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26 books
first published
16 Sep 2006
added 1 Nov 2021
removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Beyond GDP
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27 books
first published
16 Sep 2006
added 25 Dec 2025
Internet of things
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341 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
Two Sigma
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28 books
first published
16 Aug 2006
added 28 Jun 2023
helicopter parent
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65 books
first published
16 Aug 2006
parent who pays extremely close attention to a children's experiences and problems
jimmy wales
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100 books
first published
14 May 2006
co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
reshoring
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49 books
first published
9 May 2006
food miles
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66 books
first published
1 May 2006
distance food is transported from production to consumption
future of food
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50 books
first published
1 May 2006
added 23 Nov 2023
Monty Hall problem
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17 books
first published
30 Apr 2006
added 24 Oct 2021
mathematical problem
folksonomy
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27 books
first published
14 Apr 2006
added 12 Aug 2022
classification based on users' tags
Apollo Guidance Computer
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18 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.
overview effect
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25 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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38 books
first published
1 Mar 2006
Largest neighborhood in Nairobi
TSMC
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33 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
messenger bag
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80 books
first published
12 Jan 2006
added 9 Aug 2023
non-player character
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20 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
intertwingled
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7 books
first published
2 Jan 2006
added 15 Feb 2025
back-to-the-city movement
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11 books
first published
2006
added 8 Aug 2023
the migration of people from suburbs and rural areas back to urban centres
social bookmarking
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28 books
first published
2006
added 30 Aug 2023
online service which allows users to add, annotate, edit, and share bookmarks of web documents
Merlin Mann
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15 books
first published
2006
an American writer, blogger, and podcaster known for coining the term 'Inbox Zero' and for his focus on productivity techniques.
Panamax
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22 books
first published
2006
class of ships of the maximum size that can pass through the original locks of the Panama Canal
price elasticity of demand
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20 books
first published
15 Dec 2005
added 15 Oct 2022
responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price
two-factor authentication
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61 books
first published
13 Dec 2005
added 8 Oct 2023
authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism
supply chain finance
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9 books
first published
13 Dec 2005
added 12 Sep 2022
financial practices designed to optimize cash flow and liquidity between trading partners in a supply chain
collaborative editing
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24 books
first published
13 Oct 2005
editing of groups producing works together through individual contributions