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The description of economic system by macroscopic variables in the sense of thermodynamics is not without precedent: Neumann (1963), Samuelson (1955), Georgescu-Roegen (1971) are pioneering contributions. Our exposition is only more explicit and systematic.
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Bródy, A., Martinás, K., Sajó, K. (1994). An Essay in Macroeconomics. In: Burley, P., Foster, J. (eds) Economics and Thermodynamics. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8269-8_2
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