This pithy and engaging volume shows that economists may be better equipped to predict the future than science fiction writers. EconomistsÕ ideas, based on both theory and practice, reflect their knowledge of the laws of human interactions as well as years of experimentation and reflection....

Why do some countries grow and others do not? The authors of The Atlas of Economic Complexity offer readers an explanation based on "Economic Complexity," a measure of a society’s productive knowledge. Prosperous societies are those that have the knowledge to make a larger variety of more...

When have you gone into an electronics store, picked up a desirable gadget, and found that it was labeled “Made in Russia� Probably never. Russia, despite its epic intellectual achievements in music, literature, art, and pure science, is a negligible presence in world technology....