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agriculture
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Fishing

Catching aquatic animals for food. It is the last major food source still taken from the wild at scale, which is precisely why it is the one where…

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economics
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Accounting

The systematic recording and reporting of financial activity. Double-entry bookkeeping is among the more consequential inventions in the history of…

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economics
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Insurance

The transfer of risk from an individual to a pool in exchange for a payment. It works because large numbers behave predictably even when individuals…

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economics
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Banking

Institutions that take deposits and make loans. The central fact about banking is that it creates money rather than merely storing it, and almost…

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agriculture
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Forestry

The management of forests for timber, other products and ecological function. It is among the oldest forms of resource management, and its central…

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urban planning
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Housing

Dwellings and the systems producing and allocating them. Housing is simultaneously shelter, the largest household expense in most countries, and the…

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criminology
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Organised Crime

Criminal activity carried out by durable groups organised for profit. It differs from individual offending in being structured, continuing beyond its…

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economics
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Taxation

Compulsory payments levied by a state on individuals and organisations. It funds government, and its structure determines who bears the cost of…

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media studies
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Advertising

Paid communication intended to promote a product, service or idea. It funds most commercial media, its measured effects are smaller than its cultural…

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anthropology
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Gift Exchange

The transfer of objects as gifts rather than as trade, governed by obligations to give, to receive and to reciprocate. It is a distinct economic…

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sociology
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Social Class

Divisions within a society based on economic position, occupation, education and status. How class should be defined has been argued about for as…

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economics
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Inflation

A sustained rise in the general level of prices, equivalently a fall in the purchasing power of money. It is measured by tracking the cost of a…

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economics
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Money

Anything generally accepted in exchange for goods and services. It is defined by what it does rather than by what it is made of, and almost every…

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economics
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Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a digital currency, created in 2009, that works without any bank or government. It was the first cryptocurrency, and it pioneered a new…

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