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Van-e a gazdasági tevékenységeknek termodinamikai korlátja?
[Is there a thermodynamic constraint on economic activity?]

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A környezetvédelmi problémák előtérbe kerülése után számosan vetették fel, hogy a közgazdaságtan nem foglalkozik a gazdaság optimális méretének meghatározásával, pedig a Föld véges anyagi keretei között a gazdaság nagyságát nem lehet minden határon túl növelni. Az ökológiai közgazdaságtani irányzat képviselői e méretkijelölés egy megfelelő természettudományos alapját a termodinamika második tételében (az entrópia törvényben) vélték megtalálni. A tanulmány arra a következtetésre jut, hogy egyrészt a közgazdaságtan figyelembe vesz számos természettudományos korlátot vizsgálatai során - bár e megállapításai nem hangsúlyosak -, másrészt a gazdálkodási aktivitás kívánatos aggregált mértékét (ha létezik egyáltalán ilyen optimum, aminek megállapítása ennek az írásnak nem tárgya) biztosan nem lehet a termodinamika második tétele alapján megállapítani. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) kód: A12, Q50, Q57.

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  • Bartus, Gábor, 2008. "Van-e a gazdasági tevékenységeknek termodinamikai korlátja? [Is there a thermodynamic constraint on economic activity?]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(11), pages 1010-1022.
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    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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