informationalization n.— «It is not clear why expansion of total tertiary employment is “unhealthy” (P. 63) while increasing employment in “informationalization” (knowledge industries) is “healthy.”» —“Essays on the Service Industry and Social...
sukuk el-tamwil n.— «Egyptian civil law limits the interest on a conventional bond to 7 per cent. This would hardly attract investors, with inflation running at over 30 per cent. However, Law 146 allows for the issue of sukuk el-tamwil, instruments...
numptorium n.— «A leading British economist has dismissed the Scottish parliament as a glorified town hall that promotes policies which are more zealously socialist than those of the hardline communist government of Cuba.John Blundell, director...
fukubukuro n.— «Grab bags, known as fukubukuro (lucky bags), are popular items in almost every store during the New Year holiday season in Japan. Some are especially large, such as one selling for Y15 million by the Takashimaya & Co. department...
puroburemu n.— «Osamu Shimomura, “Nihon Mondai kara ‘Amerikan Puroburemu’ e” [From the Japan problem to the American problem] Seiron (July 1987), 40-49.» —“Japanese Foreign Economic Policy Formation: Explaining the Reactive State” by Kent E...
green GDP n.— «Work on the natural resources satellite accounts was given added impetus and extended in scope in 1993 when President Clinton, as part of his April 21 Earth Day address, gave high priority to the development of “Green GDP measures...