Why Information Grows

Author Information
César Hidalgo leads the Macro Connections group at the MIT Media Lab. He is a trained statistical physicist and an expert in networks and complex systems. He also has extensive experience in economic development and has conducted groundbreaking research on how big data influences economic decision-making processes.

Summary
What is economic growth? And why has it historically occurred in only a few places? Previous attempts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finance, and psychology. This book argues that to fully understand the nature of economic growth, we must turn to the science of information, networks, and complexity.