There's excellent theoretical and empirical support for this idea How persistent is civilization growth? (2011) https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5635 https://arxiv.o

There's excellent theoretical and empirical support for this idea How persistent is civilization growth? (2011) https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5635 https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5635 Can we predict long-run economic growth? (2012) https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3102 https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3102 Modes of growth in dynamic systems (2012) https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2012.0039 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2012.0039 Thermodynamics of long-run economic innovation and growth (2013) https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3554 https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3554 Long-run evolution of the global economy: 1. Physical basis (2014) https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EF000171 https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EF000171 Long-run evolution of the global economy: 2. Hindcasts of innovation and growth (2015) https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-673-2015 https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-673-2015 Global wealth n years after 1801 (2015) https://twitter.com/clumma/status/593890418028253185 https://twitter.com/clumma/status/593890418028253185 See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoeconomics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoeconomics https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441993975 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441993975