LEADER 03953nam 22006375 450 001 9911034961203321 005 20251019130413.0 010 $a3-032-05862-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-05862-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32364434 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32364434 035 $a(CKB)41667611100041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-05862-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941667611100041 100 $a20251019d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnergy Rents and Income Distribution $eAre Wages and Profits Legitimate? /$fby Bernard C. Beaudreau 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (201 pages) 225 1 $aEconomics and Finance Series 311 08$a3-032-05861-9 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Trouble with Distribution Theory -- Chapter 3: The Energy Organization Approach to Understanding Material Processes -- Chapter 4: Energy Rents and Distribution -- Chapter 5: Energy Rents in Historical Perspective -- Chapter 6: Automation and Globalization as Energy Rent Seeking -- Chapter 7: Alternative Energy Rent Distribution Mechanisms -- Chapter 8: Energy Rents and Development -- Chapter 9: Can Energy Rents Based Wages and Profits Increase in the Future -- Chapter 10: Looking Ahead. 330 $aThis book explores into the dynamics of income distribution, challenging the established approaches of 19th-century political economist Karl Marx and 21st-century economist Thomas Piketty. Re-examinining the foundational principles of wealth creation through the lens of physical sciences, particularly mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics, Bernard C. Beaudreau argues that energy, rather than labor or capital, drives material processes and the accumulation of wealth. In the book, Beaudreau critiques current distribution theories, highlighting their connections to the basic laws of physics. He introduces the energy-organization approach, positing that labor and capital are organizationally productive rather than physically productive. This perspective can be used to observe income distribution as they connect to energy rents, which are the returns to energy after accounting for its costs. The book touches on globalization, presenting this approach as a form of energy rent seeking rather than a result of comparative advantage. Beaudreau proposes alternative systems for distributing energy rents and examines their implications for the legitimacy of wages and profits. Integrating scientific principles with economic theory, this book offers a unique approach to conversations surrounding income inequality. Bernard C. Beaudreau is Professor in the Department of economics at Université Laval in Québec, Canada. He is the author of The Economics of Speed (2019). 410 0$aEconomics and Finance Series 606 $aMarxian economics 606 $aEquilibrium (Economics) 606 $aEconomics 606 $aPower resources 606 $aEconomics$xSociological aspects 606 $aMarxist Economics 606 $aGeneral Economical Equilibrium 606 $aPolitical Economy of Energy 606 $aEconomic Sociology 615 0$aMarxian economics. 615 0$aEquilibrium (Economics) 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aPower resources. 615 0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects. 615 14$aMarxist Economics. 615 24$aGeneral Economical Equilibrium. 615 24$aPolitical Economy of Energy. 615 24$aEconomic Sociology. 676 $a335.412 700 $aBeaudreau$b Bernard C$0976152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034961203321 996 $aEnergy Rents and Income Distribution$94448596 997 $aUNINA