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Trekonomics
- The Economics of Star Trek
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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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?
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- Evan
- 22-08-17
Interesting concept but not as good as anticipated
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.
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- Grant
- 06-10-20
great economics take for trekkers
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.
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- RKidger
- 04-03-24
Really Good Book
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.
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- ladan jiracek
- 24-06-17
great! I recommend it!!
very good!! its very interesting to set what the future of humanity might look like
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- Mark David Lorimer
- 22-01-23
Brilliant!
if you're a science fiction fan, this is a must read... quickest book I've ever read... and ready to go again!
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- Manson88
- 28-04-20
Oliver Wyman Excellent - Otherwise Terrible
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).
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