For more than 100 years economists have tried to describe economics in analogy to physics, more precisely to classical Newtonian mechanics. The development of the Neoclassical General Equilibrium Theory has to be understood as the result of these efforts. But there are many reasons why General...

Since the beginnings of modern economics, economists sought to emulate the revolution in physics initiated by Newton's 'Principia' (1687). Concepts from mechanics have influenced economic models both in terms of methodology and content. The aim of this theoretical paper is to put forward a novel...

Economic equilibrium models have been inspired by analogies to stationary states in classical mechanics. To extend these mathematical analogies from constrained optimization to constrained dynamics, we formalize economic (constraint) forces and economic power in analogy to physical (constraint)...

Since the beginnings of modern economics, economists sought to emulate the revolution in physics initiated by Newton’s ‘Principia’ (1687). Concepts from mechanics have influenced economic models both in terms of methodology and content. The aim of this theoretical paper is to put forward a...

In monetary Stock-Flow Consistent (SEC) models, accounting identities reduce the number of behavioral functions to avoid an overdetermined system of equations. We relax this restriction using a differential-algebraic equation framework of constrained dynamics. Agents exert forces the variables...

Die ökologische Krise und die Ressourcenverknappung sind heutzutage zu Dauerthemen in der öffentlichen Debatte geworden. Die Berichterstattungen stellen hierbei teilweise unseren aktuellen Lebensstil in Frage und setzen sich auch mit der auf stete Expansion ausgelegten Wirtschaftsordnung...

Die Prozesse, die helfen eine global und dauerhaft überlebensfähige Lebens- und Wirtschaftsweise zu realisieren, wobei der Energiewende eine wichtige Rolle zukommt, fördern die Nachhaltigkeit. Dieser Beitrag soll ihren Zusammenhang mit unserer auf Wachstum fokussierten Ökonomie...

The mathematical analogies between economics and classical mechanics can be extended from constrained optimization to constrained dynamics by formalizing economic (constraint) forces and economic power in analogy to physical (constraint) forces in Lagrangian mechanics. In a...

In economics balance identities as e.g. C+K'-Y(L,K) = 0 must always apply. Therefore, they are called constraints. This means that variables C,K,L cannot change independently of each other. In the general equilibrium theory (GE) the solution for the equilibrium is obtained as an optimisation...

In economics balance identities as e.g. C+K'-Y(L,K) = 0 must always apply. Therefore, they are called constraints. This means that variables C,K,L cannot change independently of each other. In General Equilibrium Theory (GE), the solution for equilibrium is obtained as optimisation under the...