Digital Commons Network^™

In the modern world, nations are relatively poor because their economies fail to grow. Compared to sustained growth, other sources of wealth are insignificant. Sustained growth comes from innovations like a better computer program in Silicon Valley, an improved assembly line in Sichuan, or a new export market for leather in Swaziland. Whether in technology, organization, or markets, a new idea requires money for its implementation. Uniting ideas and capital is a problem of trust. The innovator must trust the investor not to disseminate the idea, and the investor must trust the innovator not to steal the money. We call …