The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread. While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before.

Globalization 106

Globalization GDP Long-term Social Capital 106

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity (entrepreneurial environment, innovative activity, and access to opportunity). Governance (effective and accountable government, fair elections and political participation, and rule of law). Education (access to education, quality of education, and human capital).

Social Capital 16

Social Capital GDP Human Capital Education 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8