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The economic growth engine : how energy and work drive material prosperity / Robert U. Ayres and Benjamin Warr

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2009Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 411 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781848445956
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781848441828 (hardback) | 9781849804356 (pbk.) | 1848441827 (hbk.) | Erscheint auch als: The economic growth engine. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham, UK [u.a.] : Elgar, 2009. XXI, 411 S.DDC classification:
  • 338.9 22
RVK: RVK: QC 340LOC classification:
  • HD75
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781848445956Online resources: Summary: The historic link between output (GDP) growth and employment has weakened. Since there is no quantitively verifiable economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical work) and economicsSummary: 1. Background -- ch. 2. Technical progress -- ch. 3. Industrial metabolism : mass/energy flows -- ch. 4. Exergy conversion to useful work -- ch. 5. Economic growth theories -- ch. 6. The production function approach. -- ch. 7. Numerical results for the US and Japan -- ch. 8. Growth forecasting -- ch. 9. Economic growth and development : towards a catch-up model (simplified REXSF model) -- ch. 10. Conclusions, implications and caveatsPPN: PPN: 1023446642Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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