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Why Information Grows The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

Hardcover • 2015 • English

Why Information Grows The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

By César A. Hidalgo

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About the book

What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But MIT professor César Hidalgo argues that in order to fully grasp the nature of economic growth we need to transcend the social sciences and turn to the science of information, networks and complexity. The growth of economies, he explains, is deeply connected with the growth of order - or information....Show more

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ISBN

9780241003558

Publisher

Allen Lane

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Why Information Grows The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

Format

Hardcover

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