Physioeconomics
Subtitle: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: September 18, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780262161947
Subjects: Development economics; Economic theory & philosophy; Macroeconomics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Economics - General; Economics - Macroeconomics; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Development - Economic Development; Economic Development; Physics
Description: "Parker shows how factors such as income, aggregate savings, investment, technology, entrepreneurship, production, and outputs per worker are influenced by the more fundamental principles of physics and physiology. He focuses particularly on the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that drives motivation, monitors homeostasis, and ultimately keeps us alive via neural, autonomic, and hormonal adjustments.

He presents evidence that long-run growth can be attributed to variances in hypothalmic activity."--BOOK JACKET.