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The Need for a New Economics

In today’s Outside the Box, my good friend George Gilder, the well-known techno-utopian, attempts with some success to turn economics on its ear. "The economy is not chiefly an incentive system," he asserts, "it is an information . . . → Read More: The Need for a New Economics Similar posts: How the U.S. Is a Good Example of What Not to Do to Kick-Start Economic Recovery When America began to spend and spend in the 1980s... The Growing Gap Between Monetary Stimulus and Asset Prices The chart immediately below displays the growth of Global... Economic Schools of Thought Two Schools of Thought There are two ways of studying...

In today’s Outside the Box, my good friend George Gilder, the well-known techno-utopian, attempts with some success to turn economics on its ear. "The economy is not chiefly an incentive system," he asserts, "it is an information system." And information, truly understood, is about the introduction of novelty, or "surprise," into a system. In the case of the economy, it’s about invention and entrepreneurship. The new information that is injected gets converted into knowledge; and thus, says George, it is accumulated … [visit site to read more]

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  1. How the U.S. Is a Good Example of What Not to Do to Kick-Start Economic Recovery When America began to spend and spend in the 1980s...
  2. The Growing Gap Between Monetary Stimulus and Asset Prices The chart immediately below displays the growth of Global...
  3. Economic Schools of Thought Two Schools of Thought There are two ways of studying...
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