The universe is made of energy, matter and information, but information is what makes the universe interesting. Without information the universe would be an amorphous soup. It would lack the shapes, structures, aperiodic orders, and fractal arrangements that give the universe both its beauty and its complexity. Yet information is rare. It hides in pockets… Continue reading The Evolution of Order from Atoms to Economies
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The Secrets of Economic Growth
I read in The Economist Espresso this week that China´s economic growth may be “only” seven percent this year, down from 14% in 2007. At the same time most western economies struggle with close to zero or in recent years negative growth. The picture below, from the World Economic Outlook database, shows the growth percentage… Continue reading The Secrets of Economic Growth
Economic Growth and The Worlds Largest Economies
“How difficult a thing it is to persuade a man to reason against his own interest, though he is convinced that equity is against him.” – John Trusler Let´s make a journey in time. Looking back 114 years, in 1900 we had no airplanes, no computers, no mobile phones, no internet. We had only early… Continue reading Economic Growth and The Worlds Largest Economies
2013 is a pivotal year for where we have Economic Growth
“Whether a nation be today mighty and rich or not depends not on the abundance or security of its power and riches, but principally on whether its neighbours possess more or less of it.” – Phillipp von Hornigk, writing in Prussia in 1684 The quote above is worth to consider. It was written in a… Continue reading 2013 is a pivotal year for where we have Economic Growth