Academic-Capital

Sustainable economic development is a process of investment, value creation, and reinvestment to expand the economic engine.   Those economic engines that are able to provide a consistent and solid return on investment are able to draw in new resources and investments that keep the circle of influence growing. The system becomes a perpetual changing machine that develops new innovations and efficiencies that translate into market impact.  To formalize this concept let us consider an example of an investor that contributes $100 into a business venture in hopes of earning higher revenue than what their local bank can offer. The success of a higher return on investment is based within the ability to raise the value of that money through new products and services that are sold on the international market for a profit.  The ability to raise value is based in labor skill, the cost of obtaining resources, the technology available to increase the productive aspects of the system,