TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ayres,Robert U.
AU  - Warr,Benjamin
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - The economic growth engine: how energy and work drive material prosperity 
SN  - 9781848445956 (e-book)
AV  - HD75 .A925 2009
U1  - 338.9 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Power resources
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - "Published in association with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-392) and index; 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 caveats
N2  - 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 economics
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848441828.xml
ER  -