The Nexus of Population, Energy, Innovation, and Complexity.

For the past 200 years, humans have benefited from the abundant, inexpensive, and easily obtained energy of fossil fuels. Energy surpluses such as this are unusual in human history. In systems with little surplus energy, population growth is low and complexity emerges slowly due to the energetic cos...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 1005 - 1044
Autores principales: Taylor, Temis G., Tainter, Joseph A.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2016
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