Ecologically Unequal Exchange Theory
A Rejoinder to Hornborg
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4785902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Somerville (0000-0002-4213-7211, University of Lincoln, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 98-100 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capitalism Nature Socialism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5752 • E-ISSN: 1548-3290 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10455752.2022.2096765 |
| OpenAlex | W4284690218 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
Hornborg's concepts of ecologically unequal exchange and social-material metabolism are incoherent and therefore of no scientific value. Capitalism creates real expanding value through labour exploitation, and this is the main source of economic and social inequality. Issues such as the distinctiveness of value under capitalism, the difference between labour and labour-power, and between exploitation and appropriation, are important for understanding capitalism and how to go beyond capitalism. They should not be obscured and subsumed under fanciful conceptual hybrids
Appropriation · Capitalism · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Exchange value · Inequality · Neoclassical economics · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |