Why information grows : (Record no. 27542)

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2015000882
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780465048991
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 330.01/154
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Hidalgo, César A.,
Dates 1979-
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Why information grows :
Subtitle the evolution of order, from atoms to economies
Statement of responsibility, etc. Cesar Hidalgo.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Publisher Basic Books,
Date 2015.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxi, 232 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 24 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-218) and index.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary "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"--
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Information theory in economics
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Topical Heading New products
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Topical Heading Economic development
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Topical Heading Knowledge, Theory of
General Economic aspects
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Topical Heading Physics
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Topical Heading BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 330.01154 HI WH T0051976 92.80 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 27/09/2015 Kinokuniya