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Vladimir N. Pokrovskii Econodynamics The Theory of Social Production Series: New Economic Windows

Revisits the theory of production of commodities from a physicist’s standpoint Presents a useful theory for analysing the technological sources of Provides a compact and consistent basis for lectures on the theory of production The text of the third edition is substantially revised, while three brand new chapters are added This book, now in its third edition, explores how human populations grow, based on their creative abilities. To reconsider the theory of economic growth from a physicist's perspective, the book analyses the concepts of and and their relationship to thermodynamic concepts. This approach allows the author to include characteristics of technology in 3rd ed. 2018, XIX, 306 p. 56 illus., 1 illus. descriptions of development and to formulate a phenomenological (macroeconomic, no-price in color. fluctuations are discussed) theory of production as a set of evolutionary equations in one- sector and multi-sector approximations. The theory is proved to be useful for describing both Printed book national economies and global production in ancient times.This monograph presents the topics Hardcover in a compact and consistent manner and can be used by students with a background in 119,99 € | £109.99 | $149.99 physics and other natural sciences who wish to specialize in . It explains how the [1]128,39 € (D) | 131,99 € (A) | CHF growth of production is connected with advances in technology, consumption of labour and 141,50 energy and makes it possible to analyse past and present social production systems and to Softcover build scripts of future progress. The book is of interest to energy specialists engaged in planning and analyzing the production and consumption of energy carriers, and to economists 84,99 € | £74.99 | $109.99 [1]90,94 € (D) | 93,49 € (A) | CHF wanting to know how energy and technology affect economic growth. This third edition has 100,50 been substantially revised and three brand new chapters have been added. Chapter 8 illustrates the robustness of the theory with the aid of statistical historical data from the eBook Russian economy, while Chapter 12 is devoted to a reconstruction of the global production 71,68 € | £59.99 | $84.99 activity in ancient times. Chapter 13 discusses the principles of the organization of social [2] 71,68 € (D) | 71,68 € (A) | CHF production. 80,00 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

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