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Briefing: Economic Complexity – of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore

Briefing: Economic Complexity – of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore

Released Tuesday, 5th June 2012
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Briefing: Economic Complexity – of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore

Briefing: Economic Complexity – of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore

Briefing: Economic Complexity – of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore

Briefing: Economic Complexity – of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore

Tuesday, 5th June 2012
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Have you ever wondered what goes into the making of a t-shirt, business shirt or blouse – like the one you are most likely wearing right now? Recently, a collaboration between physicist, César Hidalgo and Economist, Ricardo Hausmann has seen the development of fascinating techniques to do just that – to study not just the trading relationships amongst the nations of the Earth, but the product relationships that lie behind this trade. Such analysis leads to some tantalizing prospects like mapping capabilities, or measuring the product- or capability- complexity that each country possesses. In this pod-cast, we'll introduce and explore this remarkable analysis which goes under the heading: Economic Complexity.

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