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

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.