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Growing networks of knowledge & courage through research of 'The Evolution of Economic Ecosystems' (EEE) based out of MIT/Harvard/Stanford/Oxford/LSE. #RedBlue

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17-year-old IISL Fellow's research on the #Evolution of the #PoliticalEconomy uses #SystemDynamics to explore how #VarietiesOfCapitalism perform against each other under #LimitsToGrowth. Nonlinear 11th order system of differential equations causes overshoot, limit cycles & chaos.

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Congratulations to @Stanford for being ranked the world's #2 university in the 2027 @worlduniranking.

@IISLorg Fellow just graduated from Stanford with double Distinction & triple Honors, writing a 1,200-page trilogy of theses on "The Evolution of the Global Political Economy".

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Congratulations to @MIT for being ranked the world's top university for the 15th consecutive year in the 2027 @worlduniranking.

@iislorg research on 'The Evolution of Economic Ecosystems' began at MIT 25 years ago, using #SystemDynamics, which was invented at MIT 70 years ago.

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Congratulations to IISL's youngest Fellow, who graduated today from @Stanford with double Distinction & triple Honors in Economics, Political Science & Sustainability, writing a 1,200-page trilogy of theses on "The Evolution of the Global Political Economy" using #SystemDynamics.

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@ProfJoelMokyr Gefeliciteerd en welkom!

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Congratulations to @MIT for being ranked the world's top university for the 14th consecutive year in the 2026 @worlduniranking.

IISL's research on 'The Evolution of Economic Ecosystems' began at MIT 25 years ago, using #SystemDynamics, which was invented at MIT 70 years ago.

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IISL's annual 'Strategic Thought Leadership' Award goes to @MIT Professor & @NobelPrize winner @DAcemogluMIT for his empirically-grounded formal mathematical models of the evolution of the global political economy - the IISL's core mission - which he has called "The Holy Grail".

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Congratulations to @MIT for being ranked #1 in the world for the 13th consecutive year in the 2025 @worlduniranking.

IISL's research on 'The Evolution of Economic Ecosystems' began at MIT nearly 25 years ago, using #SystemDynamics, which was invented at MIT nearly 70 years ago.

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@JoYohana @ProfSteveKeen @academyofrock @systemdynamics_ @WPISDclub @BrianDRPM @MariaDelGreco1 @STT4SD @TecKinect @sregoczei John, apologies for missing your question and therefore for the long delay in getting back to you.

An early version of the paper can be found at: https://t.co/w1IPGNBokr

More papers will be published in the coming years.

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17-year-old IISL Fellow's research on the #Evolution of the #PoliticalEconomy uses #SystemDynamics to explore how #VarietiesOfCapitalism perform against each other under #LimitsToGrowth. Nonlinear 11th order system of differential equations causes overshoot, limit cycles & chaos.

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@paradigms_new @ProfSteveKeen @rick_carmody @Phil_Free_ @CormacRussell @sregoczei @thelenkathleen1 @CenDemTech @academyofrock @jlounsbury59 @RobertKennedyJr Thank you for your interest.

The main research on this is being developed by an IISL Fellow in their thesis at @Stanford, which is expected to come out in 2026. We will continue to post periodic updates.

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The IISL's 'Evolution of Economic Ecosystems' research long-predicted that slowing economic growth in the 21st century would cause #Democracy to decline in Liberal Market Economies compared to Coordinated Market Economies.

IISL's 'Meta-Index of Democracy Indices' confirms this:

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@jlounsbury59 @paradigms_new @ProfSteveKeen @rick_carmody @Phil_Free_ @CormacRussell @sregoczei @thelenkathleen1 @CenDemTech @academyofrock @RobertKennedyJr Hi John. Thank you for your comment.

Our dataset comprises democracy measures averaged from various reputable sources, including: @TheEIU, @WorldBank & The Center for Systemic Peace's 'Polity Index'.

As our research focuses on 'developed' economies, it currently excludes China.

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IISL's annual 'Strategic Thought Leadership' Award goes to Professor Jorgen Randers for his intellectual courage and innovative research in advancing heterodox economics via #SystemDynamics and his tireless advocacy of #Sustainability dating back 50+ years to the #LimitsToGrowth.

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IISL's youngest Fellow and @stanford sophomore's 'Dynamic Theory of the Evolution of Capital Structure':

Which is better, debt or equity financing? It depends on the growth rate of the industry. Leverage is helpful in accelerating markets, but harmful in decelerating markets.

Implication: higher-leverage liberal market economy firms (e.g. in the US & UK) will struggle in the 'super-secular stagnation' of the 21st century, while lower-leverage coordinated market economy firms (e.g. in Japan & Germany) will thrive.

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@Stanford @BarnettTalks @StanfordGSB @chrfield @stanforddoerr IISL's youngest Fellow (shown in the video), conducted research in this class showing symbiotic competition between Liberal Market Economies (e.g. US), which focus on '#adaptation' via '#GreenGrowth', and Coordinated MEs (e.g. Japan), which focus on '#mitigation' via '#Degrowth'.

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@Machiavellecon @TyKeynes Thanks Neil.

Jay's 1961 classic, 'Industrial Dynamics', was one of the key books that launched the IISL's 20+ year research program on 'The Evolution of Economic Ecosystems'. Jay served on the MIT PhD committee of the founding IISL Fellow. He was a rare interdisciplinary genius.

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@TyKeynes Thanks Ty.

We are working on it.

Keep fighting the good fight.

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@worlduniranking Congratulations to @MIT for being ranked #1 by @worlduniranking for the past 12 years, a position it has held when averaged over the past 16 years.

The IISL was founded at MIT over 20 years ago, with its award-winning research being one of MIT's largest and most downloaded PhDs.

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Congratulations to the teenage @Stanford @SIEPR & IISL Fellow, who was only 15 when he made this short video of IISL's research on 'The Evolution of Economic Ecosystems' (aka #RedBlue), which now has over 10,000 views.

Feel free to view, like & subscribe: https://t.co/FFTTNxA8PU