Types of Research and Development
Types of Research and Development (R&D): Which Type Should Be Bangladesh’s Focus? Bangladesh, like many other less developed countries, faces criticism for its low allocation of funding to R&D. However,…
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Bangladesh’s High-Tech Park Owe: Can Low-Tech Be a Solution?
Bangladesh can turn its High-tech parks into engines of prosperity by housing R&D wings of local producers that use graduates’ knowledge and ideas to evolve products and production processes, resulting…
The Rise of Muskism Turning Musk a Trillionaire: Narrative-Driven Capital Accumulation and the Illusion of Disruptive Innovation
Abstract At the dawn of the 20th century, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and a few other innovators established a defining template for modern industrial Capitalism. Known as “Fordism,” this model…
The Myths of Linear Growth: Deconstructing the Macro-Technology Economics
A Development Thesis, articulated by AI (Gemini) from the opinion writings (360+) of Md. Rokonuzzaman Abstract The dominant policy discourse in developing nations often functions like a simple arithmetic problem.…
Missing Mechanics in Technological Revolutions
Technological or industrial revolutions generate long waves of economic growth while simultaneously destroying firms and industries that powered previous waves. This dual effect has attracted substantial scholarly interest. However, much…
Reinventing the Economic Engine: Market Socialism and the Waves of Prosperity
The predominant economic system of the modern era is Capitalism, which allows private individuals and businesses to own the means of production and generate employment, rather than relying on the…
Maturing Capitalism Demands Alternatives
Economic systems are not static. From feudalism to modern Capitalism, they emerge, grow, reach maturity, and eventually decline. This pattern raises an important question about the underlying causes of such…
AI Evaluation of Rokonuzzaman’s work at The Waves
Abstract: This paper analyzes Rokon Zaman’s “waves” framework, which integrates technological change, firm dynamics, financial valuation, and development economics into a unified analytical system. The framework conceptualizes economic development as…
Why Nations Fail: Is Trump’s Response to EV to repeat the history?
In their widely discussed thesis Why Nations Fail, Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue that the rise and fall of nations is fundamentally shaped by their responses…
Evolution of Innovations: Underlying Driving Forces
Starting from automobiles, smartphones, and word processors, all innovations have continuously evolved. While great ideas are often celebrated, it is the evolution of innovations that lies at the core of…
Muskism vs. Fordism: How far does Musk’s wealth accumulation relate to wealth creation?
Nobody can ignore Elon Musk’s extraordinary rise in Wealth, reportedly surpassing $800 billion at its peak, which has created Muskism. Moreover, ambitions of reaching a $10 trillion net worth—fuelled by…
AI and Economic Abundance: Beyond the Hype
AI and economic abundance have been new claims surfacing in the media. This essay critically examines bold predictions by Elon Musk and Sam Altman that artificial intelligence and robotics will…