Our aim is to explain historical economic growth in the UK economy by introducing an empirical measure for useful work derived from natural resource energy inputs into an augmented production function. To do this, we estimate the long-term (1900-2000) trends in resource exergy supply and...

We employ the concepts of socio-ecological regime and regime transition to better understand the biophysical causes and consequences of industrialization. For two case studies, the United Kingdom and Austria, we describe two steps in a major transition from an agrarian to an industrial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the background, scope, applications, criticisms, and UK legal challenge of the European Union's Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains the “enhanced cooperation” from the 11 member states...