The Many-Worlds Economy: Quantum Interpretations of Political and Financial Fragmentation

Planat, Michel

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dc.contributor.author	Planat, Michel	de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-02T07:32:10Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-02T07:32:10Z
dc.date.issued	2025	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/103264
dc.description.abstract	We explore the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics as a conceptual and metaphorical framework for analyzing the fragmentation of global political and economic reality. Drawing from quantum physics, cognitive theory, and narrative economics, we argue that phenomena such as speculative bubbles, ideological polarization, and policy incoherence reﬂect an Everettian logic of branching expectations and decoherence among institutional observers. Public discourse of some leaders exemplify narrative superposition and observer dependent truth, while blockchain systems instantiate literal forks in economic meaning. We propose that modular tensor categories (MTCs), used in topological quantum computation provide an advanced formalism for modeling partial re-coherence across fractured epistemic regimes. By viewing economic agents and political institutions as entangled participants in a multiversal information landscape, we oﬀer new insights into governance, cognitive fragmentation, and the symbolic dynamics of power. The paper concludes by identifying strategic pathways for ethical and institutional recoherence in an increasingly post-consensus world.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI); Quantum Social Science; Economic Fragmentation; Narrative Decoherence; Observer-Dependent Economics; Modular Tensor Categories	de
dc.title	The Many-Worlds Economy: Quantum Interpretations of Political and Financial Fragmentation	de
dc.description.review	nicht begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	not reviewed	en
dc.publisher.country	FRA	de
dc.subject.classoz	Grundlagen, Geschichte, generelle Theorien und Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften	de
dc.subject.classoz	Basic Research in the Social Sciences	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-103264-3
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 1.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 1.0	en
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dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.type.document	Arbeitspapier	de
dc.type.document	working paper	en
dc.source.pageinfo	15	de
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dc.description.pubstatus	Preprint	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Preprint	en
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dc.subject.classhort	10100	de
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