The two economic concepts mentioned in the title deal with different features of an economy, the first with the distribution of produced goods between consumers according to their preferences, the second with the growth of the economy through "production of commodities by means of commodities"...

Summary: In this paper some of the difficulties in utilizing much of economic theory as an aid to the study of decision-making at the level of the firm are reviewed. New theories, techniques and experimentation aimed at overcoming these difficulties are then discussed. The area covered is, of...