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010 _a 2015000882
020 _a9780465048991 (hardcover)
020 _z9780465039715 (ebook)
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050 0 0 _aHB133
_b.H53 2015
082 0 0 _a330.01/154
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084 _aBUS070000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aHidalgo, CeÌsar A.,
_d1979-
245 1 0 _aWhy information grows :
_bthe evolution of order, from atoms to economies /
_cCesar Hidalgo.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c[2015]
300 _axxi, 232 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-218) and index.
520 _a"Why do some nations prosper while others do not? Economists usually turn to measures such as gross domestic product or per capita income to answer this question, but interdisciplinary theorist Cesar Hidalgo argues that we can learn more by measuring a country's ability to make complex products. In Why Information Grows, Hidalgo combines the seemingly disparate fields of economic development and physics to present this new rubric for economic growth. He believes that we should investigate what makes some countries more capable than others. Complex products-from films to robots, apps to automobiles-are a physical distillation of an economy's knowledge, a measurable embodiment of its education, infrastructure, and capability. Economic wealth accrues when applications of this knowledge turn ideas into tangible products; the more complex its products, the more economic growth a country will experience. A radical new interpretation of global economics, Why Information Grows overturns traditional assumptions about the development of economies and the origins of wealth and takes a crucial step toward making economics less the dismal science and more the insightful one. "--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aInformation theory in economics.
650 0 _aNew products.
650 0 _aEconomic development.
650 0 _aKnowledge, Theory of
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General.
_2bisacsh
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949 _aHB133 .H53 2015
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