Thoughts on categorical resource theories and MEFA

This could be a direction to take ‘semiotics of value,’ or at least a chapter? Material and energy flow analysis was founded by Robert U Ayers, who emphasized the role of energy in material flow analysis.

What about teaching ‘doughnut economics,’ with an emphasis on the ecological side. Is this a ‘pragmatic ecosocialism’ already? Pirgmaier advocates a closer relationship between ecological economics and socialism, entitling their dissertation ‘Value, Capital and Nature’ after a 1996 Paul Burkett article [@burkett:1996:value].

In their review, Fischer-Kowalsky [fischer:1999:societys] cite Marx’s early work on social metabolism as foundational for material flow analysis. They claim that ‘Geddes sought to develop a unified calculus for all economic and social activity framework and proclaims the emancipation from monetary economy towards an economy of energy and resources’.

Soddy is also cited in Fischer-Kowalskys’ review. She says ‘he saw energy as a critical limiting factor to society and thus was one of the few social theorists sensitive to the second law of thermodynamics.” Soddy was also cited as taking a semiotic approach to money in my. Wikipedia cites him as

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to link to ecological Marxism, this assumes a prior development between dialectics and semiotics.