HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Saadia, Manu, author.
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.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Saadia, Manu, author.
by title:
Trekonomics / Manu S...
MARC Display
Trekonomics / Manu Saadia.
by
Saadia, Manu, author.
San Francisco, California : Published by Pipertext Publishing Co., Inc., in association with Inkshares, Inc., 2016.
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.
ISBN:
9781941758755 (hardcover)
1941758754 (hardcover)
Description:
xv, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
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".
Requests:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
330 Sa
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.