THERMODYNAMIC ECONOMICS

Jun 19 2026SCIENCE

Rethinking Growth: How Latin America Missed a Key Idea on Development

A bold but overlooked thinker once shook up economics by comparing the economy to a system that loses energy over time—like a battery running down. His name wasn’t widely recognized at first, but his idea slowly changed how some experts look at progress. Latin America, with its history of questionin

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