Energy and the Wealth of Nations: Understanding the Biophysical Economy
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441993975 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 407 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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… Faculty and students from multiple disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds will find Energy and the Wealth of Nations to be a highly accessible, informative, well-argued, well-supported, insightful, and important read. It should also prove of use to many involved with energy-related issues, and to students … . It is certainly recommended for college students taking courses in sustainability, the environmental sciences, and sustainable engineering. 42, 2012)“A centrally important book for sustainability educators, upper division and graduate students, and members of
As we enter the second half of the age of oil, and as energy supplies and the environmental impacts of energy production and consumption become major issues on the world stage, this exemption appears illusory at best. In the standard economic model, energy and matter are completely recycled in these transactions, and economic activity is seemingly exempt from the Second Law of Thermodynamics. For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers. This book is an essential read for all scientists and economists who have recognized the urgent need for a more scientific, unified approach to economics in an energy-constrained world, and serves as an ideal teaching text for the growing number of courses, such as the authors’ own, on the role of energy in society.. In this “perpetual motion” of interactions between firms that produce and households that consume, little or no accounting is given of the flow of energy and materials from the environment and back again. In Energy and the Wealth of Nations<
Kent A. Klitgaard is Professor of Economics and the Patti McGill Peterson Professor of Social Sciences at Wells College in Aurora, New York, where he has taught since 1991. Charles A.S. Hall is a Systems Ecologist who received his PhD under Howard T. Presently he is developing a new field, biophysical economics, as a supplement or alternative to conventional neoclassical ec
A Breath of Fresh Air for Economics Dick_Burkhart This very readable advanced college text by Hall and Klitgaard lays out a scientific approach to economics. This is truly a breath of fresh air for a profession mired in simplistic concepts and models that often defy common sense and that sometimes lead to equally wrong-headed predictions and policies. A prime example would be the fin. Great ideas, terrible editor I am mainly writing this review to warn everyone that this is probably the most poorly edited book they'll ever read. There are loads of typos, misspellings, sentence fragments, run-ons, awkward phrasing, and other errors that the editor should have caught. It seriously impacts the reader's ability to absorb what is otherwise a great . I am an educator of environmental science and I would Linda E Schweitzer I am an educator of environmental science and I would say this is the most important book I have ever read that pertains to economics and the environment. I wish we could make this mandatory for every American to read.