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    This article describes the difficulty of moving from exporting one product to exporting another in terms of a “distance” between various products. I would imagine, however, that a nation that already manufactures computers, for example, could easily move into calculators, but that the reverse might not be true. Did the researchers consider the directionality of […]

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  2. Humans

    The Wealth of Nations

    Analysis of the connections among different types of economic activities explains why some countries succeed, and others fail, in diversifying their economies.

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  3. Rethinking Bad Taste

    Many animals use mimicry to gain a competitive advantage, but are there degrees of cheating?

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  4. Computing

    Can You Face It?

    The University of St.