This monograph examines the domain of classical political economy using the methodologies developed in recent years both by the new discipline of econo-physics and by computing science. This approach is used to re-examine the classical subdivisions of political economy: production, exchange, distribution and finance.

The book begins by examining the most basic feature of economic life production and asks what it is about physical laws that allows production to take place. How is it that human labour is able to modify the world? It looks at the role that information has played in the process of mass production and the extent to which human labour still remains a key resource. The Ricardian labour theory of value is re-examined in the light of econophysics, presenting agent based models in which the Ricardian theory of value appears as an emergent property. The authors present models giving rise to the class distribution of income, and the long term evolution of profit rates in market economies. Money is analysed using tools drawn both from computer science and the recent Chartalist school of financial theory.

Covering a combination of techniques drawn from three areas, classical political economy, theoretical computer science and econophysics, to produce models that deepen our understanding of economic reality, this new title will be of interest to higher level doctoral and research students, as well as scientists working in the field of econophysics.

This monograph examines the domain of classical political economy using the methodologies developed in recent years both by the new discipline of econo-physics and by computing science. This approach is used to re-examine the classical subdivisions of political economy: production, exchange, distribution and finance. The book begins by examining the most basic feature of economic life - production - and asks what it is about physical laws that allows production to take place. How is it that human labour is able to modify the world? It looks at the role that information has played in the process of mass production and the extent to which human labour still remains a key resource. The Ricardian labour theory of value is re-examined in the light of econophysics, presenting agent based models in which the Ricardian theory of value appears as an emergent property. The authors present models giving rise to the class distribution of income, and the long term evolution of profit rates in market economies. Money is analysed using tools drawn both from computer science and the recent Chartalist school of financial theory. Covering a combination of techniques drawn from three areas, classical political economy, theoretical computer science and econophysics, to produce models that deepen our understanding of economic reality, this new title will be of interest to higher level doctoral and research students, as well as scientists working in the field of econophysics.

"[Based on a series of] seminars ... organised by CAITS (Centre for Alternative Industrial and Technological Systems) and Middlesex Polytechnic staff [in 1984]"--P. ix.

John Michaelson, aka The London Vampire, rose to the surface web in 2009 and has since attracted global interest. His claim? That a new breed of vampire was alive, well and operating secretly within London. Michaelson remains secretive about most of his research which involves active investigation and deception across the dark web in pursuit of this dangerous sect. In 2014, a stylised retelling of his experience was published in a book titled October's Son: The London Vampire Diaries, attracting media attention for his alternate view on vampirism. In Nuptial Flight: The London Vampire Conspiracy, Michaelson answers many of the questions raised in October's Son, including how he tracks down modern day vampires and where he gets support from now that Michael is gone. Told through a series of terse journals and graphic recollections, Michaelson's writing is chilling, dark-humoured and painfully real. Forget everything you thought you knew about vampires, Michaelson's story changes everything. Spanning several years, The London Vampire recounts his darkest encounters, the new alliances he has made and the painful path of redemption he has walked. His memoirs culminate in a fight against human traffickers - a greater conspiracy ever imagined. October's Son was about Sin; Nuptial Flight is about salvation.

John Michaelson's biographical account of his experiences in London takes readers beneath the facade of vampirism and exposes the dangerous subculture operating under the guise of real vampires. Packed with first-hand accounts and commentary, Michaelson's horrifying descent into the unknown will come as a chilling revelation to those hoping for an orthodox vampire novel.