World Dynamics

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Wright-Allen Press, 1971 - Business & Economics - 142 pages
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All these and others are issues for future investigation . I hope this book contributes to the sense of urgency and also that it points to an effective direction for work by others who may choose to explore the alternatives for the ...
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Which behavior is the most likely scenario for the future depends on policies that man may still be able to choose . The world system can exhibit many alternate modes of behavior in response to different policies that man might follow ...
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The long - term future of the earth must be faced soon as a guide for present action . Goals of nations and societies must be altered to become compatible with that future , otherwise man remains out of balance with his environment .

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Contents

Introduction
1
Toward a Global Equilibrium
112
Epilogue
123
Copyright

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accumulation action actual agriculture appear assumed assumptions average become behavior billion birth rate capital investment Capital-investment cause Chapter consequences continue created crowding curve death rate decline defined depends described developed discard discussed dynamic effect environment equations equilibrium examine existing expect factor falling Figure food production food ratio forces fraction further future gives greater grow growth higher improve increase indicated industrialization influence initial land less limit LOGICAL FUNCTION loop lower major material standard means mode MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource normal NREM occurs peak person policies pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR population possible present PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures probably processes rate normal reaches reduced relationship remaining represents result rise sector shortage shown shows social systems space standard of living stop structure suppressed SWITCH taken tion understand UNITS usage variable world system

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About the author (1971)

Jay Wright Forrester was born on his family's cattle ranch in Nebraska on July 14, 1918. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Nebraska and graduate studies in electrical engineering at M.I.T. In 1940, he went to work at M.I.T.'s new Servomechanisms Laboratory, doing research in servomechanism theory and feedback control systems. During World War II, the laboratory did much of its work for the military by developing servomechanisms for controlling radar antennas and gun mounts. He worked for M.I.T. for about 70 years. His insights into both computing and organizations helped give rise to a field of computer modeling that examines the behavior of things as specific as a corporation and as broad as global growth. He wrote several books including Urban Dynamics, World Dynamics, Industrial Dynamics, and Principles of Systems. He died from complications of prostate cancer on November 16, 2016 at the age of 98.

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TitleWorld Dynamics
AuthorsJay W. Forrester, Forrester Jay W
Edition2
PublisherWright-Allen Press, 1971
ISBN1563270595, 9781563270598
Length142 pages
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