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  • Exergy, often referred to as "available energy" or "useful work potential", is a fundamental concept in the field of thermodynamics and engineering. It...
    82 KB (11,030 words) - 18:55, 3 June 2025
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    Mindset (redirect from Growth mindset)
    it” and “when I work hard at something, it makes me feel like I'm not very smart". Dweck's research on growth and fixed mindsets is useful in intervening...
    41 KB (4,845 words) - 00:38, 20 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Motivation
    motivation, like expectancy theory, equity theory, goal-setting theory, self-determination theory, and reinforcement theory. Motivation is relevant to...
    146 KB (14,616 words) - 16:23, 17 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
    régime (1933–1945) in Germany, in the essay Benjamin presents a theory of art that is "useful for the formulation of revolutionary demands in the politics...
    18 KB (2,390 words) - 20:03, 7 June 2025
  • Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs and analyzes their societal harm...
    19 KB (2,208 words) - 23:35, 3 June 2025
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    proportional to the dollar amount (e.g. $1000 would be twice as useful as $500). Prospect theory suggests that; When faced with a risky choice leading to gains...
    46 KB (6,531 words) - 16:35, 25 May 2025
  • labor, or fixed capital. Some contemporary growth theories see human capital as an important economic growth factor. Further research shows the relevance...
    41 KB (5,054 words) - 22:32, 12 June 2025
  • countries. The theory was developed from a Marxian perspective by Paul A. Baran in 1957 with the publication of his The Political Economy of Growth. Dependency...
    50 KB (6,386 words) - 10:30, 8 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for List of superseded scientific theories
    by miasma theory, does remain useful in some circumstances to expel germs spread by airborne transmission, such as SARS-CoV-2. Some theories originate...
    26 KB (3,004 words) - 01:13, 8 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Attachment theory
    Attachment theory is a psychological and evolutionary framework, concerning the relationships between humans, particularly the importance of early bonds...
    197 KB (23,056 words) - 09:23, 19 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for R/K selection theory
    concluded that r/K theory was a once useful heuristic that no longer serves a purpose in life history theory. More recently, the panarchy theories of adaptive...
    30 KB (3,185 words) - 10:15, 19 May 2025
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    example, population growth through mass immigration can raise consumption and demand for public services, thereby contributing to GDP growth. However, GDP is...
    91 KB (9,915 words) - 20:15, 17 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Entropy (information theory)
    values of p give entropies between zero and one bits. Information theory is useful to calculate the smallest amount of information required to convey...
    72 KB (10,220 words) - 13:03, 6 June 2025
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    GNS theory is an informal field of study developed by Ron Edwards which attempts to create a unified theory of how role-playing games work. Focused on...
    19 KB (2,046 words) - 00:13, 30 September 2024
  • equation is turned into a theory which says that inflation (the change in P over time) can be controlled by setting the growth rate of M. However, all three...
    41 KB (5,270 words) - 20:53, 19 June 2025
  • living wage doing decommodified, socially useful work in the public services sector, and also useful work in renewable energy development and ecosystem...
    21 KB (3,919 words) - 05:15, 26 May 2025
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    Degrowth (redirect from De-growth)
    growth slows. Degrowth theory is highly critical of free market capitalism, and it highlights the importance of extensive public services, care work,...
    113 KB (12,592 words) - 05:49, 9 June 2025
  • by Ayres and Warr as useful work of production equipment, which makes it possible to reproduce historical rates of economic growth with considerable precision...
    25 KB (3,170 words) - 04:55, 11 June 2025
  • Maslow's theory, Clayton Alderfer (1959) collapsed the levels in Maslow's theory from five to three: existence, relatedness and growth. This theory, called...
    51 KB (7,141 words) - 22:28, 4 April 2025
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    endogenous growth theory arose to challenge the neoclassical growth theory of Ramsey and Solow. This group of models explains economic growth through factors...
    66 KB (7,913 words) - 18:47, 23 May 2025
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