Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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cosset

They cosset the skeletons of the fallen.

—p.11 The Last Days of New Paris (1) by China Miéville
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Tobin tax

A taboo in polite circles until recenty, the so-called Tobin Tax has recently been advocated by Gordon Brown

proposed with the intention of slowing down financial flows that might damage the economy

Thing 22 (231) by Ha-Joon Chang
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brownfield investment

a lot of foreign investment is what is known as 'brownfield investment'

Thing 8 (74) by Ha-Joon Chang
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Rentenmark

when Rentenmark, the new currency, was introduced

Thing 6 (51) by Ha-Joon Chang
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shareholder value

attributed to Jack Welch here

Thing 2 (11) by Ha-Joon Chang
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