Overview
- Presents a new economic theory linking basic biophysical principles to decision making by individuals and institutions
- Provides an integrated understanding of the social, biological, and physical aspects of economic systems
- Includes a detailed analysis of practical policy options and social structures in a world of increasing resource costs
- Features an economic analysis of human mind and scientific theories
- Presents an entropy theory of mind for a unified understanding of resources, information processing, and economics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Economic Values and Resource Constraints
- Economics of Resource Constraints
- Entropy Resources Economics
- Entropy Theory of Information
- Entropy Theory of Value
- Mathematical Theory of Production
- Physical and Biological Economic Theory
- Resource Constraints, New Economic Theory of
- Social Systems and Resource Constraints
- Social and Biological Systems, Economic Analysis
- Technology and Resources
- data-driven science, modeling and theory building
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Unity of Science and Economics
Book Subtitle: A New Foundation of Economic Theory
Authors: Jing Chen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3466-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3464-5
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4808-6
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3466-9
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 136
Topics: Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Thermodynamics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods