More Heat Than Light Economics As Social Physics, Physics As Nature's Economics |
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| Author:
| Mirowski, Philip |
| Contribution by:
| Goodwin, Craufurd D. |
| Series title: | Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-42689-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1991 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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The development of the energy concept in Western physics and its subsequent effect on the emergence of neoclassical economics are traced to reveal how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the theory of value.
The development of the energy concept in Western physics and its subsequent effect on the emergence of neoclassical economics are traced to reveal how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the theory of value.