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A review by chris_gmn
Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia
Did not finish book.
I find it fascinating how in the Star Trek universe material wealth has become so abundant that accumulating things no longer holds any appeal. How the only way to gain status in such a world would be by cultivating talent and intellect.
The book beams you up away from Malthusian reality and into a post-scarcity utopian society where humanity (and other interplanetary species) has overcome capitalism with technological progress and social distribution of public goods.
Unlike the author, I didn't grow up on Star Trek and can't really follow the painstaking analysis of TV series and films I haven't seen. Although the topic of economics in sci-fi is extremely appealing, I'll have to boldly go and read something else.
The book beams you up away from Malthusian reality and into a post-scarcity utopian society where humanity (and other interplanetary species) has overcome capitalism with technological progress and social distribution of public goods.
Unlike the author, I didn't grow up on Star Trek and can't really follow the painstaking analysis of TV series and films I haven't seen. Although the topic of economics in sci-fi is extremely appealing, I'll have to boldly go and read something else.