Energy and economic myths : institutional and analytical economic essays / / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

• Autore: Georgescu-Roegen Nicholas
• Pubblicazione: Elmsford, New York : , : Pergamon Press Inc., , 1976; ©1976
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetto topico: Economics; Production (Economic theory); Institutional economics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Energy and Economic Myths: Institutional and Analytical Economic Essays; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I: Natural Resources and the Economics of Production; CHAPTER 1. (1972) ENERGY AND ECONOMIC MYTHS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MECHANICS VERSUS THERMODYNAMICS; III. THE ENTROPY LAW AND ECONOMICS; IV. ACCESSIBLE ENERGY AND ACCESSIBLE MATTER; V. DISPOSABLE WASTE; VI. MYTHS ABOUT MANKIND'S ENTROPIC PROBLEM; VII. GROWTH: MYTHS, POLEMICS, AND FALLACIES; VIII. THE STEADY STATE: A TOPICAL MIRAGE; IX. SOME BASIC BIOECONOMICS ; X. MODERN AGRICULTURE: AN ENERGY SQUANDERERXI. A MINIMAL BIOECONOMIC PROGRAM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. (1971) Process Analysis and the Neoclassical Theory of Production; Contradictions, Omissions, and Surmises; Process : An Analytical Tangle; The Elementary Process : A Fundamental Concept; The Production Functions; The Components of the Factory Production Function; Analysis of Cost and Allocation in a Factory System; Concluding Remarks; References; CHAPTER 3. (1970) The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem; Footnotes; CHAPTER 4. (1969) THE ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION RICHARD T. ELY LECTURE ; CHAPTER 5. (1965) PROCESS IN FARMING VERSUS PROCESS IN MANUFACTURING: A PROBLEM OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENTI. INTRODUCTION: THE ASYMMETRY OF A SYMMETRY; II. THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION: A CRITIQUE; III. THE PARTIAL PROCESS AND ITS ANALYTICAL CO-ORDINATES; IV. THE FACTORY PROCESS; CHAPTER 6. (1960) Economic Theory and Agrarian Economics; I. THEORY, REALITY, AND POLICY; II. OVERPOPULATION: A RE-EXAMINATION; III. AN ANALYSIS OF THEORETICAL ISSUES; IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS; POSTSCRIPT 1975; Part II: Institutional Economics; CHAPTER 7. (1968) Structural Inflation-Lock and Balanced Growth; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. INFLATION AND STATIC ANALYSISIII. INFLATION: A STRUCTURAL CHANGE; IV. MONEY FETISHISM AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; V. INFLATION: A PASSABLE SYSTEM OF TAXATION?; VI. THE INFLATION STATE: ITS LOSERS AND ITS WINNERS; VII. INFLATION AND DEVELOPMENT; VIII. INFLATION AND BALANCED GROWTH; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. (1965) The Institutional Aspects of Peasant Communities: An Analytical View; THE PEASANT ECONOMY AND TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS; VILLAGE TYPOLOGY AND TAXONOMY; THE ANATOMY OF THE PEASANT VILLAGE; PROPERTY RIGHTS IN LAND AND THE PEASANTRY; THE ECONOMIC PHYSIOLOGY OF PEASANT COMMUNITIES ; PEASANT TRADITIONS AND ATTITUDESTHE PRESENT IMPASSE; References; Part III: Epistemology and Methodology; CHAPTER 9. (1974) Dynamic Models and Economic Growth; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES; III. THE ANALYTICAL REPRESENTATION OF MULTI-PROCESSES; IV. GROWTH VERSUS DEVELOPMENT; V. MATHEMATICAL DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND GROWTH; VI. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS; VII. COMMODITIES VERSUS PROCESSES IN GROWTH; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. (1966) Further Thoughts on Corrado Gini's Delusioni dell'econometria; I. - EXCESS OF MATHEMATICAL FORMALISM ; II. - THE LOSS OF THE SOCIAL DIMENSION
• Sommario/riassunto: Energy and Economic Myths: Institutional and Analytical Economic Essays is a collection of materials that deal with various issues and concerns in economics. The title aims to clarify the misconception in economics. The first part of the text deals with the issues in natural resources and the economics of production. Next, the selection tackles the problems in institutional economics. Part III covers the epistemological and methodological concerns in economics. The title also talks about economic theories. The book will be of great interest to economists and readers who want to enhance their u
• Titolo autorizzato: Energy and economic myths
• ISBN: 1-4831-8796-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786631103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.