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What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's anti-disciplinarian César Hidalgo, understanding the nature of economic growth demands transcending the social sciences and including the natural sciences of information, networks, and complexity. To understand the growth of economies, Hidalgo argues, we first need to understand the growth of order.

L'ère de l'économie industrielle est révolue : place à l'économie de l'information, une économie "nouvelle" régie par des règles propres et des business modèles basés sur la disparition des intermédiaires et le règne de l'information en temps réel. L'auteur propose ici une lecture du nouveau damier stratégique en place dans l'économie internationale, montrant ainsi le glissement opéré en quelques années seulement entre une économie du "camion" et une économie du "photon".

Technological changes associated with the Information Age have forced us to revise our traditional methods of doing business. From an intellectual property standpoint, some of these changes have been beneficial - but some have been problematic. Our courts and legislative bodies must grapple with current and anticipated technologies in order to protect intellectual property in today's - and tomorrow's - arena. Roberta Katz, Senior Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel at Netscape, explains the ways in which law has responded to cultural change.