As such, bionomics provides the best starting point for a new way of thinking about the human economy. Bionomics describes the ecosystem and the economy as separate, parallel domains of evolving information. Genetic information, recorded in the DNA molecule, is the basis of all organic life. Technical information, captured in books, blueprints, databases, and the know-how of millions of individuals, is the source of all economic life. Neither the global ecosystem nor the global economy needs a conscious force to keep it organized.
Spontaneous order emerges from the interactions of each system's component parts.
While some analysts still point to the Japanese government's industrial planning for the country's dramatic upsurge, the real story is simpler. Karl Marx's anti-capitalistic dogma was never absorbed by the Japanese. Instead, they took responsibility for creating a supportive business environment. For the last quarter of a century, America has pursued policies that have unwittingly yet systematically undermined the natural processes of economic development. Blissfully unaware that an economy is a delicate ecosystem, we starved it of the nutrients required for its health and renewal.