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Economics of the Anthropocene age / / by Adolfo Figueroa
| Economics of the Anthropocene age / / by Adolfo Figueroa |
| Autore | Figueroa Adolfo |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIX, 272 p. 4 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic growth
Economic theory Economic history Environmental economics Evolutionary economics Economic Growth Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods History of Economic Thought/Methodology Environmental Economics Institutional/Evolutionary Economics |
| ISBN | 3-319-62584-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Economic Growth with Social Maladies -- 2. Power Structure and Democracy -- 3. Evolutionary Human Behavior -- 4. Consumerism in the Economic Growth Process -- 5. Individual Freedom and the Common Good -- 6. Anthropocene Age Economics -- 7. New Economic Principles for the Anthropocene Age -- 8. Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255056703321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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The Quality of Society . Volume III. : Essays on the Unified Theory of Capitalism / / Adolfo Figueroa
| The Quality of Society . Volume III. : Essays on the Unified Theory of Capitalism / / Adolfo Figueroa |
| Autore | Figueroa Adolfo |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Disciplina | 330.122 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Cultural pluralism |
| ISBN | 3-031-21072-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Unified Theory of Capitalism: Its Main Traits -- Economic Growth with Social Maladies -- Chapters' Themes and Conclusions -- Chapter 2 -- Chapters 3-5 -- Chapters 6-8 -- Chapters 9 and 10 -- Book's Conclusions -- On Readership -- References -- 2 Science is Epistemology, and Economics is Too -- Empirical Research Limitations -- Beginning with Epistemology: Falsificationism -- Abstract Process Epistemology -- Composite Epistemology and Alpha-Beta Method -- Unified Theory of Capitalism: A Summary -- Unified Theory of Capitalism vs Other Economic Theories -- Causality Relations and the Underlying Factors -- The Role of Empirical Research -- References -- 3 Economics of Electoral Democracy -- Context: Capitalism Under the Lenses of Unified Theory -- A Static and Short Run Model of the Electoral Competition -- The Electoral Competition in the First World and Third World -- Empirical Predictions of the Model and Refutation -- The Nature of Electoral Democracy -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Labor Market Singularities -- The Nature of the Labor Market: UTC vs Other Theories -- UTC: Epsilon and Sigma Models -- Comparison with Other Economic Theories -- Model 1: A Short Run Labor Market Model of Sigma Theory -- The Excess Labor Supply Subsystem -- The Overall Equilibrium -- Empirical Predictions vs Facts -- Model 2: The Role of Legal Minimum Wage -- Model 3: Labor Markets in Pandemic Times -- Changes in the Length of the Working Period -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Biological and Social Factors of Income Inequality -- Model 1: A Capitalist Society with δ1 = 0 -- Introducing the School System -- The Economic Process with a New Level of Human Capital -- Model 2: A Capitalist Society with δ2 = ( δk ) > -- 0 -- Introducing the Schooling System.
Economic Process with Human Capital Change -- Introducing Multiple Talents and Multiple Industries -- Model 3: A Capitalist Society with δ3 = ( δk , δh ) > -- 0 -- Model 4: The Sigma Society: δ4 = ( δk , δh , δs ) > -- 0 -- Falsifying the Models -- Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality -- Pure Market Economy: A Static and Short Run Model of UTC -- Model 1: Introducing Sales Taxes and Universal Public Goods -- Partial Equilibrium Analysis -- General Equilibrium Analysis -- The Effect of Sales Taxes and Spending on Universal Public Goods -- Model 2: Income and Sales Tax and Universal Public Goods -- Model 3 (Final): Income and Sales Taxes with Universal and Local Public Goods -- Confronting the Model Against Facts -- The Long Run Analysis -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Inequality and Illegal International Markets: The Case of Cocaine -- The Cocaine Industry: A Brief Description -- A Static and Short Run Model of Cocaine Market -- Prices and Quantities -- Profits and Income Distribution in the Industry -- Empirical Predictions and Refutation -- Stochastic Model -- Comparative Statics -- Confronting the Model Predictions Against Facts -- Cocaine Industry Nature -- Public Policies -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Social Change Questions in Today's Capitalism -- Economic Growth Process -- Changes in Social Relations Within Capitalism -- Changes in Legal and Illegal Relations -- Changes in Social Structure -- Marxian Social Change Theory -- Alternative Theory of Social Change -- Not Social Change, but Collapse -- Persistence of the First World-Third World Divide -- Final Remarks -- Conclusions -- References -- 9 Quality of Society and the Anthropocene Age -- Economic Growth as Evolutionary Process -- Quality of Society: Its Components -- Quality of Society as Normative Criterion. Explaining the Limited Social Progress -- Comparison with Neoclassical Economics -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Planning Through Markets in the Anthropocene Age -- Deterministic Economic Processes -- Stochastic Economic Processes -- Scarcity in the Anthropocene Age -- Empirical Refutation of the Evolutionary Model -- Public Policies Against Pollution and Climate Change -- Dynamic Efficiency in the Anthropocene Age -- Planning Through Markets -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Guide to the Book Series on Unified Theory of Capitalism, Ordered by Themes and Chapters -- Foundations of Unified Theory of Capitalism: Alpha Propositions, Basic Models, and Facts -- Author Index -- Countries Index -- Subject Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910755075503321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023] | ||
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The quality of society : essays on the unified theory of capitalism / / Adolfo Figueroa
| The quality of society : essays on the unified theory of capitalism / / Adolfo Figueroa |
| Autore | Figueroa Adolfo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 pages) |
| Disciplina | 330.122 |
| Soggetto topico | Capitalism |
| ISBN | 3-030-79565-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction to Unified Theory of Capitalism -- Foundations and Findings -- Unified Theory of Capitalism vs Prevailing Economic Theories -- References -- 2 Scientific Economic Laws of Capitalism -- Science Is Epistemology -- Beta-Propositions as Economic Laws -- Equilibrium Laws -- Causality Laws -- Internalizing Physics and Biology into Economic Process -- On the "Law of Supply and Demand" -- The Nature of Scientific Laws in Economics -- Unified Theory of Capitalism vs Standard Economics -- The Engineering of Economics -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 European Colonialism and Capitalist Development -- The Old World and the New World -- A Brief History of European Colonialism -- Colonialism and the Capitalist Divide -- Some Regional Differences -- The Collapse of European Colonialism -- Conclusions -- Appendix: European Colonial Legacy in Third World Countries -- References -- 4 Hobsbawm's Question on Peasantry -- Andean Peasant Economy: The Geographical and Social Context -- Peasant Farming vs Capitalist Farming in the Andean Highlands -- A Static Sigma Model of the Andean Peasant Economy -- A Dynamic Model -- An Evolutionary Model: From Peasant to Wage Labor -- From Peasant to Part-Time Peasant -- The Effect of Climate Change -- The Effect of Growth in the Illegal Macro-Economy -- Answering Hobsbawm and Amending the Standard Theories -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 On Economic Behavior of Workers -- Standard Theories of Consumer Behavior -- Human Drives in Workers Behavior -- A Static Model -- A Dynamic Model -- Confronting Predictions with Facts -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Market Prices in the Anthropocene Age -- Markets Under Neoclassical Theory -- Pricing of Exhaustible Natural Resources: Its Refutation.
Pricing of Exhaustible Natural Resources Under Unified Theory of Capitalism -- Extraction Costs vs Degradation Costs -- Markets Under Unified Theory of Capitalism -- Market System as Institution of Capitalism -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Inequality, Power Relations, and Democracy -- Unified Theory of Capitalism: How it Explains the Real World -- Economic Growth as Evolutionary Process -- Why Inequality Under Capitalism Is Not Self-Regulating -- The Global Capitalist System as a Sigma Society -- Theory and Facts Confrontations -- Lessons from History -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Income Inequality is Higher in Sigma Than in Epsilon Societies -- References -- 8 Toughest Challenge of Economics: Human Society Isn't Immortal -- Risks of Human Society Collapse -- Economic Growth Process is Evolutionary, not Mechanical -- Economic Growth in the Global Capitalist System -- A Collapse Model of Unified Theory -- Deriving New Public Policies -- Intergenerational Consumption Tradeoffs -- Technological Innovations -- Endosomatic vs Exosomatic Ways of Life -- Meta-Policies to Change Public Policies -- Workers Democracy: Its Requirements -- COVID-19 Pandemic as First Warning of Collapse -- Conclusions -- References -- Author Index -- Countries Index -- Subject Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502995403321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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The Quality of Society : Essays on the Unified Theory of Capitalism / / by Adolfo Figueroa
| The Quality of Society : Essays on the Unified Theory of Capitalism / / by Adolfo Figueroa |
| Autore | Figueroa Adolfo |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 pages) |
| Disciplina |
330.122
330.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic policy
Economic growth Economics Economic Policy Economic Growth Political Economy/Economic Systems |
| ISBN | 3-030-11656-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Unified Theory of Capitalism: An Overview -- 3. Science is Epistemology -- 4. Path Dependence and the Economic Process -- 5. Population and the Quality of Society -- 6. Unified Theory of Capitalism and Bio-economics -- 7. Individualism in the Anthropocene Age -- 8. Science-Based Public Policies -- 9. Redistribution through Labor Markets -- 10. Epilogue: Old and New Economics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337670103321 |
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Figueroa Adolfo
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rules for scientific research in economics : the alpha-beta method / / by Adolfo Figueroa
| Rules for scientific research in economics : the alpha-beta method / / by Adolfo Figueroa |
| Autore | Figueroa Adolfo |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic history
Economic theory History of Economic Thought/Methodology Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods |
| ISBN | 3-319-30542-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Science is Epistemology -- 2 Alpha-Beta: A Scientific Research Method -- 3 The Economic Process -- 4 The Alpha-Beta Method in Economics -- 5 Falsifying Economic Theories (I) -- 6 Falsifying Economic Theories (II) -- 7 The Alpha-Beta Method and Other Methods -- 8 Fallacies in Scientific Argumentation -- 9 Comparing Economics and Natural Sciences -- 10 Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254865803321 |
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Figueroa Adolfo
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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