Both Uses of
revolution
in
Freakonomics
- Thomas Jefferson noted this while reflecting on the tiny incentive that led to the Boston Tea Party and, in turn, the American Revolution: "So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."†
p. 20.5 *revolution = dramatic change or overthrow of a government
- If this naming revolution was indeed inspired by Black Power, it would be one of the movement's most enduring remnants.†
p. 186.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(revolution as in: the computer revolution) dramatic change -- sometimes violent overthrow of a government
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(2)
(revolution as in: revolution around the sun) circular movement -- sometimes referring to exactly one rotation
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus