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Yet no consensus has been reached in how far recent economic history proves these two goals to be compatible. This seminar&nbsp;investigates the correlation between the rates of change in labour productivity and the fossil energy-labour ratio in order to determine the direction of technical change with regard to fossil energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gregor Semieniuk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gregor Semieniuk is a Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit, Uni Sussex, where he studies finance for renewable energy investment and the importance of energy in economic growth. He holds a PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>The imperative to mitigate climate change challenges national economies to grow productivity while reducing fossil energy consumption. 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