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Growth Convergence Simulator

Interactive Solow-model simulator: watch a grid of economies with different starting capital-per-worker grow toward a steady state, and see how savings rates, capital share and depreciation control absolute vs conditional convergence.

Economics & Social Systems3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version
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A grid of eighteen independent economies, each running the Solow growth model on its own randomized starting capital per worker, rendered as a live 3D bar field. Every "year" each bar's height updates from the discrete law k(t+1) = k(t) + s·k(t)^α − (δ+n)·k(t), so bars that start low climb fastest — diminishing returns to capital mean a capital-poor economy earns more output per extra unit invested than a capital-rich one. Toggle heterogeneous savings rates to switch between absolute convergence (every bar settles at the same height) and conditional convergence (two groups settle at two different steady states), while live readouts track the average capital per worker, the cross-economy dispersion, and the theoretical steady state.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch a grid of Solow-model economies with different starting capital per worker grow toward a steady state, and toggle heterogeneous savings rates to see absolute vs. conditional convergence in action.

economicssolow modelgrowth theoryconvergencemacroeconomics

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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