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Entropy, Synergy and Economic Change

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National Income and Nature: Externalities, Growth and Steady State

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In economics, as in many other social and physical sciences, man is confronted with complex systems, which can be researched from various perspectives. One may investigate the functions of individual parts or analyse a given structure as a whole. The science of economics exists in an inseparable symbiosis with the social and physical environment and vice versa. This fact makes any connecting links between them important.

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  1. West Georgia College, Carrollton, USA

    Siegfried Karsten (Professor of Economics)

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Karsten, S. (1992). Entropy, Synergy and Economic Change. In: Krabbe, J.J., Heijman, W.J.M. (eds) National Income and Nature: Externalities, Growth and Steady State. Economy & Environment, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2590-1_10

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