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Why is GDP growth linear?

General Finance 2015-08-19 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

In many European countries the growth of the real GDP per capita has been linear since 1950. An explanation for this linearity is still missing. We propose that in artificial intelligence we may find models for a linear growth of performance. We also discuss possible consequences of the fact that in systems with linear growth the percentage growth goes to zero.

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@article{arxiv.1508.04246,
  title  = {Why is GDP growth linear?},
  author = {Jörg D. Becker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.04246},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure

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