####################################################################### # # Efficiency of Increasing the Nominal US GDP Per Capita: # # (Assuming an increase in the nominal US GDP per capita is a metric # of increasing the US standard of living.) # # See: # # http://www.johncon.com/ntropix/, # http://www.johncon.com/ndustrix/, # http://www.johncon.com/john/private/usgdp/uspopulation/tsinvestsim-lognormal/index.html, # http://www.johncon.com/john/private/usgdp/uspopulation/us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010.README, # http://www.johncon.com/john/private/usgdp/uspopulation/us.real.gdp.capita.1790-2010.README # # for theoretical details. # ####################################################################### # # Median Nominal US GDP Per Capita: # # From: http://www.johncon.com/john/private/usgdp/uspopulation/us.nominal.gdp.distribution.2010 # # Total: 14526499999984.218750 # Population: 310108612.915182 # # Mode = 11985.345852 # Median = 32740.152418 # Mean = 46843.26521416988446862474 # # From: http://www.johncon.com/john/private/usgdp/uspopulation/us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010 # # Note: The file, "us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010", is the time # series of the nominal mean GDP per capita, i.e., the nominal annual # GDP divided by the population count. P(avg,rms) and G(avg,rms) are # for the nominal median GDP per capita. # # tslsq -e -p us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010 # e^(-49.864050 + 0.029619t) # # exp (-49.864050 + (0.029619 * 2010)) # 15837.56612757001819720934 # # tsmath -l us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010 | tslsq -p # 3.154062 + 0.029619t # # Note: These values are of the nominal mean GDP per capita, i.e., the # annual GDP divided by the population count, and finding the values # for the nominal median GDP per capita: # # r(2010) = sqrt ((2 / 3) * ln (mean(2010) / mode(2010))) # = sqrt ((2 / 3) * ln (46843.26521416988446862474 / 11985.345852)) # = 0.95328293166682675904 # # srms = r(2010) / sqrt (2010) # = 0.95328293166682675904 / sqrt (2010) # = 0.02126296324302608945 # # u(t) = a + (b * t) # mean(t) = e^(a + ((b + (srms^2 / 2)) * t)) # a = -49.864050 # b = 0.029619 - (srms^2 / 2) # = 0.029619 - (0.02126296324302608945^2 / 2) # = 0.02939294319706286072 # # median(t) = e^u(t) = e^(a + (b * t)) # = e^(-49.864050 + (0.02939294319706286072 * t)) # # From the calculate.avg.calc program, (srms = 0.02126296324302608945, # g = exp (0.02939294319706286072) = 1.02982917935065044642: # # avg = 0.03005759655532852687 # rms = 0.03681810310916595658 # G(avg,rms) = 1.02982917935065044643 # # Median Annual Nominal US GDP Per Capita: # # P(0.03005759655532852687,0.03681810310916595658) = # 0.90819045546979326710 # # (2 * P(0.03005759655532852687,0.03681810310916595658)) - 1 = # 0.81638091093958653420; Optimal annual Kelly criteria for # nominal median GDP per capita. # # 0.03681810310916595658 / 0.81638091093958653420 = # 0.04509917198675233829; Efficiency of annual "wagering" per # capita. # # G(0.81638091093958653420^2,0.81638091093958653420) = # 1.47173592150816723573; Maxium annual growth in the nominal # median GDP per capita. # # (1.02982917935065044643 - 1) / (1.47173592150816723573 - 1) = # 0.06323279188764091037; Efficiency of nominal annual median GDP # per capita growth. # # 1 - (0.03681810310916595658^2 / 0.03005759655532852687) = # 0.95490082801324766171; Optimum annual leverage. # ####################################################################### # # Effects of Governance on the Annual Mean Nominal US GDP Per Capita: # # The mean nominal US GDP per capita, with a population of 310 # million, (of which about half work,) should be a nearly perfect # rising exponential. The deviation from that exponential is the # result of governance related issues that affect, broadly, all, or # nearly all, of the population. By definition, anything that affects # all, or nearly all, of the population is an issue of governance: # # tsfraction us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010 | tsavg -p # 0.034815 # # tsfraction us.nominal.gdp.capita.1790-2010 | tsrms -p # 0.085756 # # srms = sqrt (0.085756^2 - 0.034815^2) # = 0.07837095961515336709 # # P(0.034815,0.085756) = # 0.70298871216008209338 # # G(0.034815,0.085756) = # 1.03170223114205159087 # # (2 * P(0.034815,0.085756)) - 1 = # 0.40597742432016418676; Optimal annual Kelly criteria for # nominal mean GDP per capita. # # 0.085756 / 0.40597742432016418676 = # 0.21123342053712480253; Efficiency of annual "wagering" per # capita. # # G(0.40597742432016418676^2,0.40597742432016418676) = # 1.08853909360857487045; Maxium annual growth in the nominal # mean GDP per capita. # # (1.03170223114205159087 - 1) / (1.08853909360857487045 - 1) = # 0.35805913354167520173; Efficiency of nominal annual mean GDP # per capita growth. # # 1 - (0.085756^2 / 0.034815) = # 0.78876657946287519747; Optimum annual leverage. # ####################################################################### # # Conclusion: # # Every individual in the population has to make decisions concerning # increasing their personal standard of living. These decisions are # largely gambling. For an individual, P is a metric on a individual's # ability to synthesize innovation based on new information, # (original, secret, or public,) and f = rms is a metric on the amount # of the individual's wager on the innovation, (largely deduced # intuitively,) with avg being the return, (positive or negative,) # generated by the innovation, i.e., metrics on how smart an # individual is, and how good a gambler. # # An individual's risk assessment to the mean nominal US GDP per # capita, (i.e., nominal standard of living,) is dominated by issues # of governance by about a factor of two. In the case of the annual # mean nominal US GDP per capita, the wagering on innovation risk is # about 3.7%, (which is about 4.5% of optimal,) but the equivalent # governance risk is 8.6%, (which is about 21.1% of optimal,) slightly # more than twice as much, (if it is assumed that the affects of # governance risk affect the mean and median of the mean nominal US # GDP per capita about the same, since governance risk affects all, or # nearly all, of the population.) # # Assuming the innovation and governance risks are IID, the # perspective of the individual's, who are taking the risks in # expanding the mean nominal US GDP per capita: # # sqrt (0.085756^2 - 0.034815^2) = # 0.07837095961515336709 # # sqrt (0.03681810310916595658^2 - 0.03005759655532852687^2) = # 0.02126296324302608944 # # sqrt (0.02126296324302608944^2 + 0.07837095961515336709^2) = # 0.08120419272965084132 # # sqrt (0.03005759655532852687^2 + 0.08120419272965084132^2) = # 0.08658856753381000401 # # avg = 0.03005759655532852687 # rms = 0.08658856753381000401 # # P(0.03005759655532852687,0.08658856753381000401) = # 0.67356561848417239583 # # G(0.03005759655532852687,0.08658856753381000401) = # 1.02672091064809493338 # # (2 * P(0.03005759655532852687,0.08658856753381000401)) -1 = # 0.34713123696834479166; Optimal annual Kelly criteria for # nominal mean GDP per capita. # # 0.08658856753381000401 / 0.34713123696834479166 = # 0.24944043725372399436; Efficiency of annual "wagering" per # capita. # # G(0.34713123696834479166^2,0.34713123696834479166) = # 1.06345438827470382832; Maxium annual growth in the nominal # mean GDP per capita. # # (1.02672091064809493338 - 1) / (1.06345438827470382832 - 1) = # 0.42110421949725513328; Efficiency of nominal annual mean GDP # per capita growth. # # Meaning that the individuals who are expanding the annual mean # nominal US GDP per capita, at an annual exponential rate of 1.027, # are doing so at a 42.1% efficiency, relative to the limitations of # the Kelly criteria, which places a maximum annual exponential rate # limit of 1.063 on the growth of the mean nominal US GDP per capita. # ####################################################################### # # Appendix: # ####################################################################### # # On a per worker bases, (i.e., those that are actually employed # generating the annual median nominal US GDP per capita,) for the # log-normal distribution of productivity: the population decreases by # a factor of about 2, but the productivity in each "bin" increases by # a factor of about 2; also, srms increases by a factor of 2; and avg # increases by a factor of about 2: # # srms = 2 * 0.02126296324302608945 # = 0.0425259264860521789 # # avg = 0.03005759655532852687 * 2 # = 0.06011519311065705374 # # rms = sqrt (0.0425259264860521789^2 + 0.06011519311065705374^2) = # = 0.07363620621833191317 # # G(0.06011519311065705374,0.07363620621833191317) # 1.05919128639619883616 # # P(0.06011519311065705374,0.07363620621833191317) = # 0.78859336093743695067 # # (2 * P(0.06011519311065705374,0.07363620621833191317)) - 1 = # 0.90819045546979326705; Optimal annual Kelly criteria for # nominal median GDP per worker. # # 0.07363620621833191317 / 0.90819045546979326705 = # 0.08108013663306008968; Efficiency of annual "wagering" per # worker. # # G(0.90819045546979326705^2,0.90819045546979326705) = # 1.66008928054132611359; Maxium annual growth in the nominal # median GDP per worker. # # (1.05919128639619883616 - 1) / (1.66008928054132611359 - 1) = # 0.08967163706651505894; Efficiency of nominal annual median GDP # per worker growth. # # 1 - 0.07363620621833191317^2 / 0.06011519311065705374 = # 0.90980165602649532340; Optimum annual leverage. # ####################################################################### # # The mean nominal US GDP per capita, with a population of 310 # million, (of which about half work,) should be a nearly perfect # rising exponential. The deviation from that exponential is the # result of governance related issues that affect, broadly, all, or # nearly all, of the population. By definition, anything that affects # all, or nearly all, of the population is an issue of governance: # # srms = sqrt (0.07363620621833191317^2 + 0.085756^2) = # 0.11303266077655919499 # # rms = sqrt (0.06011519311065705374^2 + 0.11303266077655919499^2) = # 0.12802429005841154366 # # G(0.06011519311065705374,0.12802429005841154366) = # 1.05356945797450389460 # # P(0.06011519311065705374,0.12802429005841154366) = # 0.73478041972827687724 # # (2 * P(0.06011519311065705374,0.12802429005841154366)) - 1 = # 0.46956083945655375449; Optimal annual Kelly criteria for # nominal median GDP per worker. # # 0.12802429005841154366 / 0.46956083945655375449 = # 0.27264686341088506855; Efficiency of annual "wagering" per # worker. # # G(0.46956083945655375449^2,0.46956083945655375449) = # 1.12153832050594494739; Maxium annual growth in the nominal # median GDP per worker. # # (1.05356945797450389460 - 1) / (1.12153832050594494739 - 1) = # 0.44076187453885039035; Efficiency of nominal annual median GDP # per worker growth. # # 1 - 0.12802429005841154366^2 / 0.06011519311065705374 = # 0.72735313658911493145; Optimum annual leverage. # ####################################################################### # # On a per worker bases, (i.e., those that are actually employed # generating the annual median nominal US GDP per capita,) and, for # 250 work days in a calendar year, the daily values of the variables: # # srms = 0.11303266077655919499 / sqrt (250) = # 0.00714881316086207516 # # avg = 0.06011519311065705374 / 250 = # 0.00024046077244262821 # # rms = sqrt (0.00024046077244262821^2 + 0.00714881316086207516^2) = # 0.0071528561422692208 # # P(0.00024046077244262821,0.0071528561422692208) = # 0.51680872421169250559 # # G(0.00024046077244262821,0.0071528561422692208) = # 1.00021490563246191391 # # (2 * P(0.00024046077244262821,0.0071528561422692208)) - 1 = # 0.03361744842338501118; Optimal daily Kelly criteria for # nominal median GDP per worker. # # 0.0071528561422692208 / 0.03361744842338501118 = # 0.21277213107267064731; Efficiency of daily "wagering" per # worker. # # G(0.03361744842338501118^2,0.03361744842338501118) = # 1.00056533264104095705; Maxium daily growth in the nominal # median GDP per worker. # # (1.00021490563246191391 - 1) / (1.00056533264104095705 - 1) = # 0.38014014557200225601; Efficiency of nominal daily median GDP # per worker growth. # # 1 - 0.0071528561422692208^2 / 0.00024046077244262821 = # 0.78722786892732935268; Optimum daily leverage. # ####################################################################### # # Notes and Asides: # ####################################################################### # # Note that, as a confidence estimate in the analysis, comparing the # growth in the daily returns of the S & P 500, (a broad base market # index, which is, therefore, in nominal dollars,) 1928 through 2010, # with the growth in the per worker daily bases, (i.e., those that are # actually employed generating the annual median nominal US GDP per # capita, 1790 through 2010): # # And, converting the 2010 S & P 500 from the mean value, (since it is # the sum aggregate of the productivities of the 500 companies, or # more correctly, the market estimate thereof, plus a speculative # variance,) to the median value, (assuming the ratio of the mean and # median of S & P 500 is similar to the per worker daily basis): # # Median = 32740.152418 # Mean = 46843.26521416988446862474 # # Median / Mean = 32740.152418 / 46843.26521416988446862474 = # 0.69892976649493353331 # # cut -f2 ../sp500/sp1928 | tslsq -e -p # e^(1.715575 + 0.000247t) # # exp (0.000247) = 1.00024703050701169226 # # And, for the last days in 2010, the value of the daily gain of the # median S & P 500, (1928 through 2010): # # 1 + (0.00024703050701169226 * 0.69892976649493353331) = # 1.00017265697458280711 # # Annually, 1.00017265697458280711^250 = 1.04410547888399337599 # # For comparison, the growth in the per worker daily bases, (i.e., # those that are actually employed generating the annual median # nominal US GDP per capita, 1790 through 2010): # # G(0.00024046077244262821,0.0071528561422692208) = # 1.00021490563246191391 # # Annually, 1.00021490563246191391^250 = 1.05518977882054427392 # # Which are in agreement to: # # (0.04410547888399337599 - 0.05518977882054427392) / # 0.04410547888399337599 = # -0.25131344715029446800 # # Or, about -25.1%, which is somewhat reasonable, under the # assumptions, (and should be near the twice the growth rate in the # nominal mean GDP per capita, G(avg,rms) = 1.02982917935065044643, # since everyone works in the S & P 500, and about half do in the # nominal mean GDP per capita.) # ####################################################################### # # Note that the fraction of the U.S. population that works in the # workforce is about 50%: # # From: # # http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html # # 23.5% of the population is Persons under 18 years, # percent, 2012. # # 23.5% * 16 / 17 = 22.11764705882352941176% # # http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000?years_option=specific_years&include_graphs=true&to_year=2010&from_year=1948 # # Labor Force Participation Rate, 16 years and over, is # 64.70833333333333333333%. # # Or, the fraction of the U.S. population working is (1 - # 0.2211764705882352941176) * 0.6470833333333333333333 = # 0.50396372549019607843, (although other estimates range from 40% to # 60%.) # ####################################################################### # # Note that the World's real mean GDP annual growth per capita has not # changed since the early 1800's, (measured in 1990 International # Dollars, records prior to 1850 removed,) either: # # tslsq -e -p ~/../historical/world.gdp.capita.1850-1950 # e^(-30.963479 + 0.016111t) # # exp (0.016111) # 1.01624148195026728597 # # And, for the real mean US GDP annual growth per capita, 1790 through # 2010: # # tslsq -e -p us.real.gdp.capita.1790-2010 # e^(-23.838304 + 0.017100t) # # is 130 at about t = 1650, which is about the same time, (see: # ../historical/world.gdp.capita.10000BCE-2010,) the modern era of # civilization started; the world GDP per capita was nearly constant # from the age of flint until 1600, when the rate of annual increases # in the mean world real GDP per capita increased from unity to about # 1.017, and has remained constant since the 1600's. Similarly, for # the mean real US GDP per capita. # ####################################################################### # # Note that the interval of 1800 (or even as far back as the early # 1600's,) to 2000 in # ~/us.energy.consumption/us.total.energy.consumption.1635-2000 and # ~/us.energy.consumption/us.real.gdp.capita.1790-2010, the # "mechanism" of an industrialized society is to increase energy # usage, (perhaps through new product innovation, for example,) and # multiply the cost of that increase in energy by a factor of about # two, to get the increase in the mean US real GDP created by the # innovation. # #######################################################################