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Trekonomics

The Economics of Star Trek

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Trekonomics

By: Manu Saadia
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
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What would the world look like if everybody had everything they wanted or needed? Trekonomics, the premier book in financial journalist Felix Salmon's imprint PiperText, approaches scarcity economics by coming at it backward - through thinking about a universe where scarcity does not exist. Delving deep into the details and intricacies of 24th-century society, Trekonomics explores postscarcity and whether we, as humans, are equipped for it. What are the prospects of automation and artificial intelligence? Is there really no money in Star Trek? Is Trekonomics at all possible?

©2016 Manu Saadia (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Art Economics Social Sciences Theory Science Fiction Artificial Intelligence Robotics Star Trek Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Manu Saadia has managed to show us one more reason, perhaps the most compelling one of all, why we all need the world of Star Trek to one day become the world we live in." (Chris Black, writer and coexecutive producer, Star Trek: Enterprise)
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a great hypothesis on how the economics and social structures of the trek universe work. Leading into a discussion about 21st century economics and what we can aim for and what life won't be like in the real world Star Trek.

great economics take for trekkers

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Author spent less time talking about actual episodes of Star Trek where economics are referenced and more time philosophising about society. Would be fine, but became very repetitive.

Narration was okay but some very common Trek character names were mispronounced.

Interesting concept but not as good as anticipated

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Really good book, enjoyed reading and listening to the book at night. would be a long time and a great world to live in of ever possible.

Really Good Book

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very good!! its very interesting to set what the future of humanity might look like

great! I recommend it!!

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if you're a science fiction fan, this is a must read... quickest book I've ever read... and ready to go again!

Brilliant!

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Fantastic primernon economics through the lens of Star Trek, as well as a fascinating history of Sci-Fi

A must for any Star Trek or Sci-Fi fan

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My enjoyment of both economics and of Star Trek has been dampened. Rather than an enjoyable exploration of economic theory in the fictional Universe of Star Trek, the author decides to pursue it through a lens of his own opinions. As a result there is criticism offered of every economic and religious sect that the author does not admire. He treats the alien races of the Star Trek universe with simple prejudices. And frequently opines about episodes that he did not enjoy as though his lack of enjoyment of a particular episode is a reason why people would be looking at "Trekonomics"

What looked like an excellent book has turned out to be something very poor. .

Oliver Wyman gives an excellent performance however, and for that reason alone the book may be added to the library of any Star Trek fan provided they have an abundance of credits (Audible, not Federation).

Oliver Wyman Excellent - Otherwise Terrible

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