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  1. Vanderbilt University, USA

    Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus)

  2. Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, USA

    Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus)

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The paper represents the essence of a luncheon address at the annual meeting of the Atlantic Economic Association, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1976.

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Georgescu-Roegen, N. What thermodynamics and biology can teach economists. Atlantic Economic Journal 5, 13–21 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02315384

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