・Recommended by Takashi Inui (Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University) "To view the world we live in from a new perspective and create a creative future. It is packed with unique ideas for innovating the economy and society!" ・Acclaimed by Albert-László Barabási (Complexity Network Scientist, author of "Network Science") "This book reveals how we humans generate things from information and turn information into something more valuable than money. In this book, Hidalgo shines a dazzling spotlight on the true alchemy of the 21st century, and vividly illustrates its impact on a wide range of matters, from economic complexity to potential disparities between nations." ・Acclaimed by Eric Beinhocker (Economist) "Information shapes the economy. But until César Hidalgo's groundbreaking "Why Information Grows," we had only a shallow understanding of what that meant and why it was so. This book is an important and exciting step towards a theory of growth for the 21st century." ・Acclaimed by Paul Romer (Economist) "Anyone interested in the mathematical theory of economics should read 'Why Information Grows'." In these confusing times, we are often asked, "What exactly is economic growth?" César Hidalgo, engaged in a wide range of cutting-edge scientific endeavors at the MIT Media Lab, offers an essential explanation of economic phenomena from a higher perspective: "Economic growth is nothing more than a manifestation of information growth." Places where economic growth is remarkable are points where information gathers and order is formed in the physical world, which would otherwise be dominated by chaos—places where the author's proposed "crystallization of imagination" occurs. This young pioneer, who gained attention for his "Economic Complexity Index" developed using complex systems science and network theory, and was named one of the "50 People Who Will Change the World" by WIRED magazine, passionately explains this cutting-edge economic/scientific analysis, a finalist for the Hayek Book Prize. #CesarHidalgo #ToshioChiba #Economics