Trekonomics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Saadia, Manu (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco, California : Published by Pipertext Publishing Co., Inc., in association with Inkshares, Inc., [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Economics > Miscellanea. Utopias > Economic aspects. Utopias in motion pictures. Common good > Economic aspects. Marxian economics. Star Trek television programs > Economic aspects. Star Trek films > Economic aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword / by Brad DeLong
Introduction: "Dream not of today, Mister Picard"
" ... Money went the way of the dinosaurs" : the absence of money in Star trek
" ... Why is everyone so worried about holograms taking over the universe?" : the meaning of work in Star trek's society
"Tea, Earl Grey, hot" : the replicator
" ... Only a fool would stand in the way of progress" : natural limits and technology substitution
" ... The thought that warp engines might be causing some kind of damage" : free riding and negative externalities in a post-scarcity world
" ... That future, that space station, all those people ... they exist" : sources of trekonomics in classic science fiction
"There are still many human emotions I do not comprehend ..." : the psychology of utopia
"Never be afraid to mislabel a product" : the ferengis, interstellar capitalists
"I live in the hope that you may one day see the universe for what it truly is ..." : prospects for trekonomics in the real world
Conclusion: "Live long and prosper."