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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

The wealth of nations

21 Sep 2015
Taken from the October 2015 issue of Physics World

Why Information Grows: the Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
César Hidalgo
2015 Allen Lane/Basic Books £20.00/$26.99hb 256pp

Gold standards
Why are some nations wealthier than others? What, precisely, does it even mean for a nation to be we

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Mark Buchanan is a science writer and the author of Forecast: What Physics, Meteorology, and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us About Economics, e-mail buchanan.mark@gmail.com
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