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		personlurking on Aug 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does the world need polymaths? FWIW and/or for anyone interested, here's a related Wikipedia on the subject, talking about the different types of knowledge spillovers (MAR, Porter, Jacobs). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_spillover

ericd on Aug 21, 2017 [–]

Sweet, I didn't realize there was a formal term for this concept, but it makes sense that economists would have tried to formalize this :-)

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