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100	1		_aAyres, Robert U.
245	1	4	_aThe economic growth engine _h[electronic resource] : _bhow energy and work drive material prosperity / _cRobert U. Ayres and Benjamin Warr.
260			_aCheltenham ; _aNorthampton, Mass. : _bEdward Elgar, _cc2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xxi, 411 p.) : _bill.
500			_a"Published in association with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 353-392) and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aEconomic development.
650		0	_aPower resources _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aPower resources _xTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aThermodynamics _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xEconomic aspects.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
700	1		_aWarr, Benjamin.
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776	1		_z1848441827 (hbk.) _z9781848441828 (hardback) _z9781849804356 (pbk.)
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