Noetic Capital and the Economics of Productivity

Chatterjee, Sidharta and Samanta, Mousumi (2025): Noetic Capital and the Economics of Productivity.

Abstract

Our study examines the potent interrelationships between learning, productivity, and the intellect (intelligence) to show how improvements in our noetic (intellectual) capabilities could help boost productivity in the economic sense. The goal is to make learning more outcome-based to have its effects felt on the broad aspects of development that can positively modulate our productivity levels.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Noetic capability, productivity, capability approach, noetic capital
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification

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