Why do some nations and cities attain high levels of economic and
social prosperity? What makes them so successful? The kinds of
factors habitually cited in answer to these questions explain why
nations improve their economic and social performance but not why a
small group of nations (or cities) perform much better than the
rest. Economists stress efficient markets, effective industries and
functional factors like transport, health, education, and
infrastructure. Political scientists emphasize honest and
democratic government. This book argues that three further factors
are key: paradoxes, patterns, and portals. To an unusual degree,
the world's most prosperous economies and societies think and act
paradoxically. At their core are enigmatic, puzzle-like belief
systems that elicit cooperation via abstract patterns rather than
personal connections. They are often accompanied by high levels of
autodidactic self-directed learning and intense creation in the
arts and sciences. These factors, when combined, facilitate
large-scale interactions between strangers and, in so doing, they
energize markets, industries, cities, and publics. Pattern-based
political economies are especially prominent in the portal cities,
regions, and nations that are concentrated along the world's
maritime circumference in North America, East Asia, North-Western
Europe, and Australasia. It is only by integrating additional
cognitive, cultural, creative, and geographic elements that we can
truly understand the successes of prosperous economies. This book
represents a significant contribution to the literature on
political economy, economic growth, and prosperity.
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