The World Economy, Population Growth, and the Global Ecosystem: A Unified Theoretical Model of Interdependent Dynamic Systems

322 Pages·2007·5.973 MB·English

by  Harland Wm. Whitmore Jr. (auth.)

TheWorldEconomy,Population
Growth,andtheGlobalEcosystem
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The World Economy, Population
Growth, and the Global Ecosystem
A Unified Theoretical Model of
Interdependent Dynamic Systems
H W W J
ARLAND M. HITMORE, R.
THEWORLDECONOMY,POPULATIONGROWTH,ANDTHEGLOBALECOSYSTEM
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Contents
ListofFigures ix
ListofTables xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 TheGlobalEcosystem 11
3 TheGovernmentSectors 23
4 TheHouseholdSectors’InitialChoices 47
5 TheNonrenewableResourceIndustry 57
6 TheCapitalGoodsIndustry 77
7 TheConsumptionGoodsIndustry 97
8 TheRenewableResourceIndustries 117
9 TheBankingSectors 141
10 SummaryofProduction,Employment,Wages,andPrices 167
11 ConventionalandGreenMeasuresofIncomeandProduct 179
12 NonbankSectorsRevisited 207
13 World’sFinancialMarkets 243
14 ImplicationsoftheWorld’sCashFlowConstraints 265
15 End-of-PeriodStocks 277
viii Contents
16 AlternativeCentralBankPolicies 289
17 TechnologicalChangeandPublicPolicies 307
18 SummaryandConclusions 311
Bibliography 313
Index 315
List of Figures
3.1 Current-PeriodLaborServicesUsedbyG1inSanitation 27
3.2 Current-PeriodProductionofGeneralPublicServices 28
3.3 NextPeriod’sMenuofGeneralPublicServices 33
9.1 CurrentLaborRequirementforPB1 144
12.1 NextPeriod’sAnticipatedTransactionsTime 217
13.1 TheM1Plane 246
13.2 TheM2Plane 248
13.3 TheM3Plane 250
13.4 TheB1Locus 257
13.5 TheB2Locus 260
13.6 TheB3Locus 263
13.7 JointDeterminationofWorldExchangeRates 264