Scientists working at the University of Munich have achieved a theoretical proof of the idea that lower than absolute zero temperatures would be infinitely high. With some careful doping, laser and magnetic confinement of atoms in a vacuum lowered to absolute zero at 459 degrees Fahrenheit they rolled the temperature down farther.
Below absolute zero its believed that temperatures change in the negative realm to the very high as if it were an odometer than went backward from zero to 999999. Proving that theory which has existed for some time (I read it mentioned in a book named 'A Matter of Degrees' published about 2006) is a technological tour de force that may shed new light on the behavior of matter, dark matter, expansion of spacetime and so forth.
There are practical applications mentioned in the space.com article;
Negative temperature atoms may be able to absorb entropy (disorder) rather than increase it. Engines that are more than 100% efficient could be produced and so forth. It is not likely they could balance the federal budget though, even with increased deficit spending.
A zero growth economy should still mean full employment and a better standard of living yet with no increase in the quantity of natural resource used. Growth should occur in quality and getting more with less rather than in the other direction. If negative temperatures can be reached, perhaps a modest reduction in human economic entropy can be achieved too. That would require a reform of capitalism that promotes innovation, invention and economic independence by reducing the size of corporations and capping the number of employees any one could have at 5000. It would also require that no individual could own shares of more than three corporations. Large corporations work against fair competition and cultural progress on a more optimal upward grade as may government.
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