Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters: Energy, Entropy & Global Shift | Dr Warwick Powell

https://www.boganintel.com    / @boganintel   In Episode 53 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Dr Warwick Powell — adjunct professor, supply-chain veteran, blockchain pioneer, and author of the brand-new book Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters: Rethinking Theory, China and International Geopolitical Economy — for a breakdown of why energy is the real foundation of value in economies. Powell lays out his groundbreaking Systemic Exchange Value (SEV) framework, showing how human economies are open metabolic systems governed by thermodynamics: they must fight constant entropy through "negentropic" moves like better energy systems, tighter supply chains, and viable information. He explains declining EROEI (Energy Return on Energy Invested) as the hidden math driving socio-economic decay, why fictitious capital bubbles are the short-term fix that widens the gap between claims and real production, and how informational noise wastes energy and accelerates disorder. Essential viewing/listening for anyone rethinking political economy, China-West dynamics, energy security, and why old equilibrium models fail us now. Your support keeps these evidence-based, unfiltered conversations alive. Here's how: *Substack: Free subscribe at www.boganintel.com for episodes, notes & deep dives, or go paid ($5/month) for extras. *YouTube: Subscribe, like, and hit the bell for video uploads! *Patreon: From $3/month to back the show. *Listen: Spotify / Apple Podcasts. *Engage: Drop comments below or hit us on X @boganintelpod Keywords: Thermoeconomics Time of Monsters Warwick Powell, Systemic Exchange Value SEV, negentropic interventions entropy, declining EROEI economic decay, fictitious capital hyper-financialisation, China energetic coherence electrification, US hegemonic autumn phase, informational noise acceleration, global thermodynamic power transition, West Asia energy shocks predictable, Gramsci monsters interregnum, China vs West energy renewal #Thermoeconomics #TimeOfMonsters #EnergyIsValue #ChinaVsWest #DecliningEROEI #FictitiousCapital #NegentropicInterventions #USDecline #GlobalPowerShift #ChinaElectrification #WestAsiaEnergyShocks #GramsciMonsters #HeterodoxEconomics #EnergySecurity #PoliticalEconomy