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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hidalgo, César A., 1979-     Subjects     Information theory in economics.     Knowledge, Theory of -- Economic aspects.     Economic development -- Research.     Production (Economic theory)     New products -- Economic aspects.     Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.     Physics.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hidalgo, César A., 1979-       by title:      Why information grow...       by call number:      330.0115 H632w     Search the Web     Hidalgo, César A., 1979-     Information theory in economics.     Knowledge, Theory of -- Economic aspects.     Economic development -- Research.     Production (Economic theory)     New products -- Economic aspects.     Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.     Physics.       MARC Display

Why information grows : the evolution of order, from atoms to economies / César Hidalgo. by Hidalgo, César A., 1979- Basic Books, [2015] Call #: 330.0115 H632w Subjects Information theory in economics.   Knowledge, Theory of -- Economic aspects.   Economic development -- Research.   Production (Economic theory)   New products -- Economic aspects.   Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.   Physics. ISBN:  9780465048991 (hc.) 0465048994 (hc.) Description:  xxi, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  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. Summary:  "What is economic growth? 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 César Hidalgo argues that we can learn more by measuring a country's ability to make complex products. Hidalgo combines the seemingly disparate fields of economic development and physics to present this new rubric for economic growth. 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, the author 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"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 330.0115 H632w Adult books Checked out Jul 15, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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