num_pages: 280
description: Star Trek is set in an amazing utopian universe of faster-than-light travel of beam me up Scotty and Vulcan salutes. Its also a universe where war and poverty have been eradicated money doesnt exist and work is indistinguishable from leisure. In this ground-breaking book timed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Star Treks first episode Manu Saadia takes a deep dive into the shows most radical and provocative aspect: its detailed and consistent economic vision. Could we create such a utopia here on Earth? And why has Star Treks future had such staying power in our cultural imagination? Trekonomics looks at the morals values and hard economics that underpin the series ideal society and its sources of inspiration both inside and outside the science-fiction canon. After reading this book youll be able to answer the question: If you could live in Star Treks economic utopia would you want to?
language: English
title: Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek
publisher: Pipertext