'Economic growth modeling we need: insights from consistently merging biophysical and post-keynesian approaches in the HARMONEY model' with Dr Carey W. King

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Date
 26 May 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location
 Online - Zoom

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All economies require physical resource consumption to grow and maintain their structure. This is no different than biological organisms, but the modern economy is additionally characterized by private debt.

The Human and Resources with MONEY (HARMONEY) economic growth model links biophysical and monetary features using a stock and flow consistent framework in both physical and monetary units. Via this model, this presentation explores the interdependence of growth and three major structural metrics of an economy: (1) the relationship between resources (energy) consumption and GDP, or “decoupling”, (2) the relationship between wages and profits (or wage and profit shares) in the context of resources consumption growth and stagnation, and (3) the relative size of economic sectors in the economy. Dr King compares HARMONEY model results to long-term trends in the global and U.S. economies. These comparisons indicate that the HARMONEY framework enables realistic investigation of the interdependence and constraints among growth, energy consumption, and economic distribution. These interdependencies are generally lacking in orthodox growth modeling (e.g., neoclassical growth). Thus, the HARMONEY model is potentially a more accurate framework to inform feedbacks from policies such as transitioning to a low-carbon energy system.

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Dr Carey W. King
Assistant Director, Energy Institute & Research Scientist, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Carey W King performs interdisciplinary research related to how energy systems interact within the economy and environment as well as how our policy and social systems can make decisions and tradeoffs among these often competing factors. The past performance of our energy systems is no guarantee of future returns, yet we must understand the development of past energy systems. Carey’s research goals center on rigorous interpretations of the past to determine the most probable future energy pathways. Carey is a Research Scientist at The University of Texas at Austin and Assistant Director at the Energy Institute. He also has affiliations within the Jackson School of Geosciences, the McCombs School of Business, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.