For an economy to grow, it’s necessary that capital reaches its highest perceived use as quickly as possible. From this seemingly trite statement of the obvious we can conclude that information bottled up saps economic vitality.
If we don’t know things, our capital allocations are logically going to be different relative to what they would be if we do know things. Basic stuff, or so it seems. Except that what’s basic isn’t accepted wisdom.
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