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020			_a9780465048991 (hardcover)
020			_a0465048994 (hardcover)
020			_z9780465039715 (ebook)
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050	1	4	_aHB 133 _bH632w 2015
082	0	0	_a330.01/154
100	1		_aHidalgo, César A., _d1979- _925179
245	1	0	_aWhy information grows : _bthe evolution of order, from atoms to economies / _cCesar Hidalgo.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2015.
300			_axxi, 232 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: 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 4. Out of Our Heads! 5. Amplifiers Part III – The Quantization of Knowhow 6. This Time, It’s Personal 7. Links Are Not Free 8. In Links We Trust Part IV – The Complexity of the Economy 9. The Evolution of Economic Complexity 10. The Sixth Substance 11. The Marriage of Knowledge, Knowhow, and Information Part V – Epilogue 12. The Evolution of Physical Order, from Atoms to Economies Acknowledgments: Bleeding Words Notes 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.
520			_a"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 Cesar Hidalgo argues that there is a better way to understand economic success. Instead of measuring the money a country makes, he proposes, we can learn more from measuring a country's ability to make complex products--in other words, the ability to turn an idea into an artifact and imagination into capital. In Why Information Grows, Hidalgo combines the seemingly disparate fields of economic development and physics to present this new rubric for economic growth. He argues that viewing development solely in terms of money and politics is too simplistic to provide a true understanding of national wealth. Rather, we should be investigating 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 the education, infrastructure, and capability of an economy. Economic wealth is about applying this knowledge to turn ideas into tangible products, and the more complex these products, the more economic growth a country will experience. Just look at the East Asian countries, he argues, whose rapid rise can be attributed to their ability to manufacture products at all levels of complexity. A radical new interpretation of global economics, Why Information Grows overturns traditional assumptions about wealth and development. In a world where knowledge is quite literally power, Hidalgo shows how we can create societies that are limited by nothing more than their imagination"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aInformation theory in economics.
650		4	_aTeoría de la información en economía _929122
650		0	_aNew products.
650		4	_aProductos nuevos _99520
650		0	_aEconomic development.
650		4	_aDesarrollo económico _95940
650		0	_aKnowledge, Theory of _xEconomic aspects.
650		4	_aTeoría del conocimiento _xAspectos económicos _929123
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		4	_aFísica _96142
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