"The development of eco-economics began at Acheron where Marina and Vlad began applying concepts of energy transfer between organisms to economics. Concluding that most big businesses took in more resources than they produced for society at large and created imbalances that were harmful to society."
Eco-economics, otherwise known as the caloric theory of value is an economic system developed by Marina Tokareva and Vlad Taneev that was applied to Mars in the 2120s and triggered the Accelerando. The development of eco-economics began at Acheron where Marina and Vlad began applying concepts of energy transfer between organisms to economics. Concluding that most big businesses took in more resources than they produced for society at large and created imbalances that were harmful to society...
I'm now re-reading the Red Mars trilogy. I laughed out loud when in Green Mars I read this: 'That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.'
I think I saw a mention of this here last week, but it was fun reading it in the book.