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World-System (1960-2100) WL20 Technology Growth Paths

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded for both advances in our theoretical and  historical understanding of Technological Change . One reading of the work by  Joel Mokyr ,  Philippe Aghion  and  Peter Hewitt  is that new discoveries created by the random historical process of invention will always provide the technologies (through Creative Destruction ) necessary for continued, exponential economic growth.  The forecast above, generated by different WL20 Models , shows that emphasis on Technical Efficiency ( TECHE ), particularly reducing Emission Intensity (CO2/EG), provides the best future growth path for the World System. Economic Theory seems to be mostly focused on Technical  Productivity ( TECHP ). The historical work for this  Cornucopian  conclusion about the Future ( Joel Mokyr )  was based on studying the Industrial  Revolution during the period 1500-1700. The theoretical work ( Philippe Aghi...