@WillFischer Yes, R.U. (Robert Underwood) Ayres is an excellent source.

I'm aware of him, and list a selection of his papers here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1x9jt1/robert_ayres_physicist_economist_selected_papers/

I'd mentioned him as well in a recent HN comment suggesting works on the Industrial Revolution, though omitted any specific papers:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982015

Steve Keen has been working with Ayres in recent years, including from Ayres's own home. Keen's come up with a new production function based on capital, labour, and energy, which reduces Solow's Residual to effectively nil.

(Why economists are so peevishly resistant to including energy in production functions ... escapes me.)

#RUAyres #RobertAyres #RobertUnderwoodAyres