Review of: "The Unrevealed Causes of Prosperity" Abderrazak Belabes 1 1 King Abdul Aziz University Potential competing interests: No potential competing interests to declare. Algorithmic process, epistemological pluralism, and economic life Professor of Economics, Islamic Economics Institute, King Abdul-Aziz University,Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, abelabes@kau.edu.sa Abstract This review explores the epistemological presuppositions of Algorithmic Thinking Theory, on which Bin Li (2023) draws to explain why and how market-government diversity intensifies the prosperity of nations and provides them with a strategic advantage in a competitive age. The review then offers some avenues for deepening the epistemological framework of Algorithmic Thinking Theory with regard to what is proposed in a concise and rigorous manner, particularly in light of Khwarizmi's book entitled “al-Jabr wa al-Muqabala ” (Calculation through restoration and comparison), in which he considers that the computational process could only be applicable to the quantifiable facts of people's daily lives. This important clarification, which deserves attention, provides an opportunity to better explore Algorithmic Thinking Theory and provide it with a more in-depth epistemological framework. Keywords: Epistemological pluralism, Economic life, Algorithmic Thinking Theory The word algorithm derives from the Latin form algorismus, distorting the name al-Khwarizmi (780-850), to refer to a computational process. As al-Khwarizmi writes in his book “al-Jabr wa al-Muqabala” (calculation through restoration and comparison), the idea is to solve everyday problems through a computational process (al-Khwarizmi, 1937: 16). Without explicitly referring to Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, whose book was written in Arabic, Li (2023) relies on this original representation consisting of approaching problems through computation, which spread in Europe from the middle of the 12th century. Hence his formula: Thinking = computation = (Instruction + information) × speed × time This conceptual equation fundamentally refers to Plato's epistemological theory, according to which mathematical entities are abstract entities that exist independently. Consequently, we do not invent Mathematics, but we discover it in several ways depending on the perspective adopted, which reflects a vision of the world. Hence the existence of a variety of philosophies of mathematics: realism, intuitionism, aestheticism, formalism, structuralism (Bouleau, 2021).<\/p> Based on this algorithmic approach, economic life can be approached from “multiple angles under the Algorithmic Qeios, CC-BY 4.0 · Review, January 27, 2024 Qeios ID: V6I8YX · https://doi.org/10.32388/V6I8YX 1/3