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Rethinking Economic Growth Theory From a Biophysical Perspective

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Title/Author:	Rethinking Economic Growth Theory From a Biophysical Perspective/ by Blair Fix.
Author:	Fix, Blair.
Description:	XII, 125 p. 39 illus., 32 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Economic growth. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12826-9
ISBN:	9783319128269

Rethinking Economic Growth Theory From a Biophysical Perspective
Fix, Blair.

Rethinking Economic Growth Theory From a Biophysical Perspective[electronic resource] /by Blair Fix. - 1st ed. 2015. - XII, 125 p. 39 illus., 32 illus. in color.online resource. - Energy Analysis,2191-7876. - Energy Analysis,.

Introduction.- Decoupling.- Distribution.- Institutional Size.- Labor Structure -- Towards a Biophysical Growth Theory -- Appendix: US Sectors: Methodology and Sources.

Neoclassical growth theory is the dominant perspective for explaining economic growth. At its core are four implicit assumptions: 1) economic output can become decoupled from energy consumption; 2) economic distribution is unrelated to growth; 3) large institutions are not important for growth; and 4) labor force structure is not important for growth. Drawing on a wide range of data from the economic history of the United States, this book tests the validity of these assumptions and finds no empirical support. Instead, connections are found between the growth in energy consumption and such disparate phenomena as economic redistribution, corporate employment concentration, and changing labor force structure. The integration of energy into an economic growth model has the potential to offer insight into the future effects of fossil fuel depletion on key macroeconomic indicators, which is already manifested in stalled or diminished growth and escalating debt in many national economies. This book argues for an alternative, biophysical perspective to the study of growth, and presents a set of "stylized facts" that such an approach must successfully explain. Aspects of biophysical analysis are combined with differential monetary analysis to arrive at a unique empirical methodology for investigating the elements and dependencies of the economic growth process.

ISBN: 9783319128269

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-12826-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

999409
Economic growth.

LC Class. No.: HD72-88

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9

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