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GDP per capita for the Four "Asian Tigers" (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea) between 1960 and 2014. A tiger economy is the economy of a country which undergoes rapid economic growth, usually accompanied by an increase in the standard of living. [1]
The growth constant k is the frequency (number of times per unit time) of growing by a factor e; in finance it is also called the logarithmic return, continuously compounded return, or force of interest. The e-folding time τ is the time it takes to grow by a factor e. The doubling time T is the time it takes to double.
Countries by real GDP growth rate in 2024 (IMF WEO database 2024) This article includes lists of countries and dependent territories sorted by their real gross domestic product growth rate; the rate of growth of the total value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year compared with the previous year.
The population in some of the largest cities in America has been declining as Americans flee to smaller cities with more affordable living costs. Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, four saw...
The mathematician Vernor Vinge popularized his ideas about exponentially accelerating technological change in the science fiction novel Marooned in Realtime (1986), set in a world of rapidly accelerating progress leading to the emergence of more and more sophisticated technologies separated by shorter and shorter time intervals, until a point ...
Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber, and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. [62]
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