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Thermoeconomics Chapter 1 Introduction

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John Bryant () (Vocat International)

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Draft chapter from a forthcoming book entitled Thermoeconomics, which deals with the relationships between the disciplines of thermodynamics and economics. Chapter 1 covers historical research on the disciplines, the structural comparisons between of the ideal gas equation and the quantity theory. Chapter 2 concerns a general stock model that can be adapted to represent those of money, labour and economic output. Chapter 3 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 concerns a thermodynamic representation of production processes and reaction kinetics. Chapter 5 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 describes aspect of labour and unemployment. Chapter 7 describes the principles of entropy and maximisation, the structure of economic cycles, efficiency criteria and measurement problems. Chapter 8 sets out analyses of world energy and climate change to illustrate empirically some of the principles covered by the book.

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Paper provided by Economic Consultancy, Vocat International in its series Working Papers with number tech12009.

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Keywords: Thermodynamics; economics; Le Chatelier; entropy; utility; money; equilibrium; value; energy; interest;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods and Programming - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
D5 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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  1. John Bryant, 2007. "A Thermodynamic Theory of Economics," Working Papers tefprv2007, Economic Consultancy, Vocat International. [Downloadable!]
  2. John Bryant, 1982. "A Thermodynamic Approach to Economics," Working Papers te1982, Economic Consultancy, Vocat International. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Benjamin Warr & Heinz Schandl & Robert U Ayres, 2007. "Long Term Trends in Resource Exergy Consumption and Useful Work Supplies in the UK, 1900-2000," Socio-Economics and the Environment in Discussion (SEED) Working Paper Series 2007-08, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. [Downloadable!]
  4. Purica, Ionut, 2004. "The Cities: Reactors Of Economic Transactions," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 1(2), pages 20-37, May.
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