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      On Capitalism and Inequality: Progress and Poverty Revisited

      Robert U. Ayres

      It is true that economic growth has accelerated in recent centuries, and it is true that billions of people have been lifted from poverty.

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      Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Volume I: Revolution in Progress

      Robert U. Ayres

      If the first industrial revolution was the substitution of steam power for human and animal muscles, the present revolution is the substitution of electronic sensors for human eyes and ears…

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      On the Authorship Controversy: Evidence That Christopher Marlowe Wrote the Poems and Plays of William Shakespeare

      Robert U. Ayres

      Explores a historical deception has survived as a tradition for nearly 400 years, despite numerous challenges. This is the tradition that the works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon were…

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      Information, Entropy, and Progress: A New Evolutionary Paradigm

      Robert U. Ayres

      Ayres (environment, management, and economics; INSEAD, the international school of management in Fontainebleau, France) applies the fundamental concepts of phylogenic evolution to the development of socioeconomic systems and technological progress…

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      Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Volume I: Revolution in Progress

      Robert U. Ayres

      If the first industrial revolution was the substitution of steam power for human and animal muscles, the present revolution is the substitution of electronic sensors for human eyes and ears…

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      On Capitalism and Inequality: Progress and Poverty Revisited

      Robert U. Ayres

      It is true that economic growth has accelerated in recent centuries, and it is true that billions of people have been lifted from poverty.

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      The History and Future of Technology: Can Technology Save Humanity from Extinction?

      Robert U. Ayres

      Eminent physicist and economist, Robert Ayres, examines the history of technology as a change agent in society, focusing on societal roots rather than technology as an autonomous, self-perpetuating phenomenon. It…

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      The History and Future of Technology: Can Technology Save Humanity from Extinction?

      Robert U. Ayres

      Eminent physicist and economist, Robert Ayres, examines the history of technology as a change agent in society, focusing on societal roots rather than technology as an autonomous, self-perpetuating phenomenon. It…

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      The Life Cycle of Copper, Its Co-Products and Byproducts

      Robert U. Ayres,Leslie W. Ayres,Ingrid Rade

      Achieving the goals and objectives of sustainable development requires better information about the consequences of proposed actions. Making better decisions requires identifying, obtaining, synthesizing and acting on larger and more…

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      The Life Cycle of Copper, Its Co-Products and Byproducts

      Robert U. Ayres,Leslie W. Ayres,Ingrid Rade

      Achieving the goals and objectives of sustainable development requires better information about the consequences of proposed actions. Making better decisions requires identifying, obtaining, synthesizing and acting on larger and more…

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      Sustainable Metals Management: Securing Our Future - Steps Towards a Closed Loop Economy

      Metals have been vital to human civilization for many thousands of years. This book assembles experts from many fields to discuss the conditions and limits of sustainable metals management. The…

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      Economics and the Environment: A Materials Balance Approach

      Allen V. Kneese,Robert U. Ayres,Ralph C. d'Arge

      This monograph length report, first published in 1970, originated from a program of research at Resources for the Future that dealt with the management of residuals and of environmental quality…

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      Economics and the Environment: A Materials Balance Approach

      Allen V. Kneese,Robert U. Ayres,Ralph C. d'Arge

      This monograph length report, first published in 1970, originated from a program of research at Resources for the Future that dealt with the management of residuals and of environmental quality…

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      Sustainable Metals Management: Securing Our Future - Steps Towards a Closed Loop Economy

      Metals have been vital to human civilization for many thousands of years. This book assembles experts from many fields to discuss the conditions and limits of sustainable metals management. The…

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      Scarcity and Growth Revisited: Natural Resources and the Environment in the New Millenium

      Provides a fresh investigation of the fundamental issues involved in our dependence on natural resources. This book reviews the debate about scarcity and economic growth and a review of various…

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      Scarcity and Growth Revisited: Natural Resources and the Environment in the New Millenium

      Provides a fresh investigation of the fundamental issues involved in our dependence on natural resources. This book reviews the debate about scarcity and economic growth and a review of various…

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