The following is an excerpt from Standing on the Sun: How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere by Christopher Meyer, with Julia D. Kirby. Meyer is an innovator and the founder of Monitor Talent. For more about the book, visit www.christophermeyer.com/standing-on-the-sun. This excerpt comes from Chapter 2: Cambrian Capitalism.
Cambrian Capitalism
Runaway feedback, the peacock's tale, and the evolution of capitalism
One hundred years from now economists will look back and say the father of the profession wasn't Adam Smith—it was Charles Darwin.
—Robert Frank, 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival
