Why information grows : the evolution of order, from atoms to economies /

"Why do some nations prosper while others do not? While economists often turn to measures like GDP or per-capita income to answer this question, interdisciplinary theorist César Hidalgo argues that there is a better way to understand economic success. Instead of measuring the money a country m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hidalgo, César A., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : Basic Books, [2015]
Temas:
Information theory in economics.
New products.
Economic development.
Knowledge, Theory of > Economic aspects.
Physics.
Physics
Théorie de l'information en économie politique.
Développement économique.
Théorie de la connaissance > Aspect économique.
Physique.
economic development.
physics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Economic development
Information theory in economics
Knowledge, Theory of > Economic aspects
New products
Informationsteori.
Kunskapsteori > ekonomiska aspekter.
Produktutveckling.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The eternal war
  • Introduction: From atoms to people to economies
  • Part I. Bits in atoms. The secret to time travel ; The body of the meaningless ; The eternal anomaly
  • Part II. Crystallized imagination. Out of our heads! ; Amplifiers
  • Part III. The quantization of knowhow. This time, it's personal ; Links are not free ; In links we trust
  • Part IV. The complexity of the economy. The evolution of economic complexity ; The sixth substance ; The marriage of knowledge, knowhow, and information
  • Part V. Epilogue. The evolution of physical order, from atoms to economics.

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