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Scarcity's Ways: The Origins of Capital : A Critical Essay on Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Economics /

This is an exploratory critical essay on the Origins of Capital and the Foundations of Thermodynamics. In economics the existence of capital is taken for granted yet it is difficult to establish for it a robust definition. Capital theory addresses the coupling of the present with the future; as such...

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Main Author:	Macrakis, Michael S.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
Series:	Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; 176.
Subjects:	Humanities. Physical organic chemistry. Biology > Philosophy. History. Economics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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