Thermoeconomics: A Thermodynamic Approach to Economics

A book by: John Bryant

Copyright: John Bryant VOCAT International Ltd

This book explores in depth relationships  between the disciplines of economics and thermodynamics.

Chapter 1 Introduction

covers historical research on the disciplines, and structural comparisons between the ideal gas equation and the quantity theory.

Chapter 2 Stock & Flow Processes

concerns a general stock model that can be adapted to represent those of money, labour and economic output.

Chapter 3 Thermodynamic Principles

deals with economic representations of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, work done, internal value and entropic value, reversibility, entropy, particular economic processes and utility.

Chapter 4 Production Processes

concerns a thermodynamic representation of production processes and reaction kinetics.

Chapter 5 Money

constructs a thermodynamic money system, using historical data of the UK and USA economies to provide empirical analysis. Particular aspects covered include elastic relationships, entropy, interest rates and yield.

Chapter 6 Labour & Unemployment

concerns the relationship of economic entropy to unemployment, using historical data of the UK and USA economies to provide empirical analysis.

Chapter 7 Entropy, Maximisation and the Cycle

describes the principles of entropy and maximisation, the structure of economic cycles, and efficiency criteria.

Chapter 8 Energy, Resources and the Economy

sets out analyses of world energy and climate change to illustrate empirically some of the principles covered by the book.

Chapter 9 Thermoeconomics and Sustainability

concerns sustainability.

 

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