Enronomics — (en.ruh.NOM.iks) n. A fiscal policy or business strategy that relies on dubious accounting practices, overly optimistic economic forecasts, and unsustainably high levels of spending. Example Citation: Democratic National Committee staffers urge… … New words
Corporate Culture — acoustic privacy adhocracy al desko BHAG bozo explosion BYOD corpocracy corporate anorexia … New words
Economics — agflation Anglosphere attention economics bionomics brain waste brickor mortis BRICs caponomics … New words
Politics — astroturf attack fax Baracknophobia birther blue hot Bork businesscrat celeb … New words
attention economics — n. An economic model based on the expanding amount of available information and the static amount of attention consumers can devote to that information. Example Citation: But in the US Free PC has gone further still: you give them your… … New words
bionomics — n. The merger of biological and economic theory. Example Citation: Michael Rothschild, a business consultant, argued in a 1990 book, Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem, [sic] that it was time to stop thinking of economics as if it followed… … New words
caponomics — n. Salary cap economics; The economic and financial practices a team must follow to keep their players total salaries below the league s salary cap. Example Citation: In the NFL s era of caponomics, where salaries have to fit under a salary cap,… … New words
crapshoot economics — n. A business model in which only a few out of a large number of products or services are successful, but those few generate enough profits for the business to survive. Example Citation: Who can say who will be the next Kid Rock? And so crap… … New words
dark swap — n. To trade unused capacity (such as bandwidth on a fiber optic cable) for the unused capacity owned by another company and then report the new capacity as an asset. Example Citation: Then Lerach threw out more sinister phrases dark swaps,… … New words
ethics deficit — (ETH.iks DEF.uh.sit; TH as in thin) n. The amount by which a person s actions or principles fall short of some ethical standard or ideal. Example Citation: With four state energy officials facing stiff fines because they did not require… … New words
