Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970210154543.0110f11c@ilhawaii.net> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 15:45:47 -1000 From: Jay Hanson <mailto:j@QMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: THEORY: "Knowledge is anti-entropic" -Reply To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
At 03:16 PM 2/10/97 -0500, Jon Sanford wrote:>I don't like to base intellectual analysis on Gilder, since I am skeptical of
>many of his analyses and arguments. But I agree that knowledge and ideas
>can overcome--at least in the area of economics--the apparent effects of
>"entropy". I think "entropy" is a metaphor in economics for the idea that more
The laws of thermodynamics are part and parcel of the new ecological economics. If any of you old neoclassical types are interested in continuing your education, join the International Society of Ecological Economics: http://kabir.umd.edu/ISEE/ISEEhome.html
If one reads a couple of ISEE publications, then the implications of thermodynamics for economics become clear.
Three of the ISEE's books are available from Island Press: http://www.islandpress.com
There is also a mailing list dedicated to ecological economics.
Send: subscribe ecol-econ yourfirstname yourlastname To: mailto: listproc@csf.colorado.edu
I have several entropy cites at: http://csf.Colorado.EDU/authors/hanson/page17.htm
If anyone has any questions or comments, send them to me off list. mailto:mailto:j@qmail.com
Aloha, Jay