textbook

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Powell, speaking to students at Harvard University, laid out the textbook case for patience: Energy disruptions tend to be short-lived, and monetary policy works too slowly to counteract them in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“I think, as you say, the textbook and what we’ve learnt from central banks through history is an oil-price shock is actually seen as more of a growth issue than an inflation issue,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The discovery challenges decades of biology textbook explanations and could influence how researchers approach hair loss and hair regeneration.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

He still remembers when he lost his high school textbook years ago on the 207 bus that departs from the Crenshaw station on Western Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

This was a textbook of applied mathematics, and included within it was the first published account of double-entry bookkeeping—double entry was not new, but printing was, so Pacioli was taking advantage of an obvious opportunity.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton