💰 Post-Scarcity Economy

Speculative visions of societies where material abundance has been achieved, raising provocative questions about what gives life meaning when survival is no longer the struggle.

Utopia for Realists

by Rutger Bregman • 2014

Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.

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44k+

💸 Universal Basic Income 🌍 Open Borders ⏳ Work Reduction 🏙️ Utopian Thinking 🪙 Poverty Alleviation

Utopia for Realists 92%

Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.

by Rutger Bregman 2014

4.21

44k+ ratings

💸 Universal Basic Income 🌍 Open Borders ⏳ Work Reduction 🏙️ Utopian Thinking 🪙 Poverty Alleviation

Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani • 2018

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

3.68

3k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary

Fully Automated Luxury Communism 92%

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

by Aaron Bastani 2018

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

The Last Economy

by Emad Mostaque • 2025

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

4.23

326

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Last Economy 91%

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

by Emad Mostaque 2025

4.23

326 ratings

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

3.92

2k+

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Zero Marginal Cost Society 91%

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

A World Without Work

by Daniel Susskind • 2020

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

3.83

2k+

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

A World Without Work 90%

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

by Daniel Susskind 2020

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

Deep Utopia

by Nick Bostrom • 2024

Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?

3.61

867

🏛️ Utopian Theory ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🌾 Post-Scarcity Society 🌌 The Meaning Of Life 🚀 Future Of Humanity

Deep Utopia 90%

Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?

by Nick Bostrom 2024

3.61

867 ratings

🏛️ Utopian Theory ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🌾 Post-Scarcity Society 🌌 The Meaning Of Life 🚀 Future Of Humanity

Beyond Money

by Anitra Nelson • 2022

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

2.96

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Beyond Money 89%

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

by Anitra Nelson 2022

2.96

24 ratings

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Inventing the Future

by Nick Srnicek • 2015

Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.

3.97

3k+

💸 Post-Capitalism 🪧 Leftist Strategy 🤖 Future Of Work 💰 Universal Basic Income 🧱 Counter-Hegemony

Inventing the Future 89%

Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.

by Nick Srnicek 2015

3.97

3k+ ratings

💸 Post-Capitalism 🪧 Leftist Strategy 🤖 Future Of Work 💰 Universal Basic Income 🧱 Counter-Hegemony

Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler • 2006

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

3.88

668

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

Revolutionary Wealth 89%

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

by Alvin Toffler 2006

3.88

668 ratings

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

Rise of the Robots

by Martin Ford • 2015

Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.

3.96

10k+

🤖 Technological Unemployment 🧠 Artificial Intelligence 📉 Income Inequality 💰 Basic Income 🔮 Future Of Work

Rise of the Robots 89%

Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.

by Martin Ford 2015

3.96

10k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Unemployment 🧠 Artificial Intelligence 📉 Income Inequality 💰 Basic Income 🔮 Future Of Work

The Post-Corporate World

by David C. Korten • 1999

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

3.77

132

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

The Post-Corporate World 89%

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

by David C. Korten 1999

3.77

132 ratings

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

An Enemy of the State

by F. Paul Wilson • 1980

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

3.89

442

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire 🎭 Political Intrigue ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

An Enemy of the State 89%

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

by F. Paul Wilson 1980

3.89

442 ratings

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire 🎭 Political Intrigue ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky • 2012

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

3.56

2k+

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 89%

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

by Robert Skidelsky 2012

3.56

2k+ ratings

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

Small is Beautiful

by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

4.09

7k+

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Small is Beautiful 89%

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973

4.09

7k+ ratings

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

The Wealth of Networks

by Yochai Benkler • 2006

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

3.96

2k+

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture 📡 Networked Economy 📰 Media Disruption

The Wealth of Networks 89%

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

by Yochai Benkler 2006

3.96

2k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture 📡 Networked Economy 📰 Media Disruption

The Price of Tomorrow

by Jeff Booth • 2020

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

4.08

4k+

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

The Price of Tomorrow 89%

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

by Jeff Booth 2020

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

The Second Machine Age

by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

3.91

12k+

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The Second Machine Age 89%

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014

3.91

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Sacred Economics

by Charles Eisenstein • 2011

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

4.21

2k+

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Sacred Economics 89%

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

by Charles Eisenstein 2011

4.21

2k+ ratings

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan

by Liesl Clark • 2020

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

3.44

2k+

🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 89%

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

by Liesl Clark 2020

3.44

2k+ ratings

🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

Archaeologies of the Future

by Fredric Jameson • 2005

Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.

4.04

596

📚 Literary Criticism 🧠 Critical Theory ☭ Western Marxism 🌅 Utopian Studies 👽 Science Fiction Theory

Archaeologies of the Future 89%

Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.

by Fredric Jameson 2005

4.04

596 ratings

📚 Literary Criticism 🧠 Critical Theory ☭ Western Marxism 🌅 Utopian Studies 👽 Science Fiction Theory

After Capitalism

by David Schweickart • 2002

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

3.98

250

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

After Capitalism 89%

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

by David Schweickart 2002

3.98

250 ratings

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

Third Wave

by Alvin Toffler • 1980

Farming and factories each broke civilization open. Knowledge is the third break.

3.96

3k+

🏭 Post-Industrial Society 💻 Information Age 🔮 Futurism 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Third Wave 89%

Farming and factories each broke civilization open. Knowledge is the third break.

by Alvin Toffler 1980

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏭 Post-Industrial Society 💻 Information Age 🔮 Futurism 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

3.90

3k+

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 89%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

More from Less 88%

Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.

by Andrew McAfee 2019

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧮 Environmental Economics 🤖 Techno-Optimism 🌿 Green Growth 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌍 Global Poverty Reduction

Doughnut Economics

by Kate Raworth • 2017

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

4.16

16k+

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Doughnut Economics 88%

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

by Kate Raworth 2017

4.16

16k+ ratings

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Average Is Over

by Tyler Cowen • 2013

The labor market is now a chess match: winning means teaming up with the machine.

3.64

2k+

🛠️ Labor Economics 🔮 Future Of Work 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🤝 Human-Machine Teams 💸 Wage Inequality

Average Is Over 88%

The labor market is now a chess match: winning means teaming up with the machine.

by Tyler Cowen 2013

3.64

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Labor Economics 🔮 Future Of Work 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🤝 Human-Machine Teams 💸 Wage Inequality

The Technology Trap

by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2019

The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?

4.10

657

🏛️ Economic History 👷 Labor Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🤖 Technological Unemployment ⚖️ Inequality And Technology

The Technology Trap 88%

The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?

by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019

4.10

657 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 👷 Labor Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🤖 Technological Unemployment ⚖️ Inequality And Technology

The Long Tail

by Chris Anderson • 2006

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

3.82

30k+

🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📈 Abundance Economics

The Long Tail 88%

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

by Chris Anderson 2006

3.82

30k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📈 Abundance Economics

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

by Robert J. Gordon • 2016

Indoor plumbing, electricity, and the car transformed daily life in ways the internet never will.

4.18

2k+

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Economy ⚙️ Technological Change 🏠 Standard Of Living 🏭 Industrial Revolutions

The Rise and Fall of American Growth Summary

The Rise and Fall of American Growth 88%

Indoor plumbing, electricity, and the car transformed daily life in ways the internet never will.

by Robert J. Gordon 2016

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Economy ⚙️ Technological Change 🏠 Standard Of Living 🏭 Industrial Revolutions

Free

by Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

3.88

18k+

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free 88%

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

by Chris Anderson 2009

3.88

18k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

We Are as Gods

by Peter H. Diamandis • 2026

Scarcity is dying. Your brain never got the memo. The owner's manual for upgrading it.

4.67

📈 Exponential Technology 🚀 Techno-Optimism 🌕 Moonshot Thinking 🌊 Flow State 🧱 First Principles Thinking

We Are as Gods 88%

Scarcity is dying. Your brain never got the memo. The owner's manual for upgrading it.

by Peter H. Diamandis 2026

4.67

60 ratings

📈 Exponential Technology 🚀 Techno-Optimism 🌕 Moonshot Thinking 🌊 Flow State 🧱 First Principles Thinking

Slow Down

by Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

3.92

3k+

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down 88%

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

by Kōhei Saitō 2020

3.92

3k+ ratings

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Why Information Grows

by César A. Hidalgo • 2015

Economies grow when knowledge solidifies into products. Information is physical, not abstract.

3.97

2k+

🧮 Information Economics 🔥 Thermodynamics And Order 🌀 Complexity Science 🕸️ Network Theory 🤝 Trust And Cooperation

Why Information Grows 88%

Economies grow when knowledge solidifies into products. Information is physical, not abstract.

by César A. Hidalgo 2015

3.97

2k+ ratings

🧮 Information Economics 🔥 Thermodynamics And Order 🌀 Complexity Science 🕸️ Network Theory 🤝 Trust And Cooperation

Quantum Economics

by David Orrell • 2018

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

3.38

136

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Quantum Economics 88%

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

by David Orrell 2018

3.38

136 ratings

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Technofeudalism

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023

Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.

4.02

10k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Platform Economies 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏰 Rent Extraction 🔮 Post-Capitalism

Technofeudalism 88%

Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2023

4.02

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Platform Economies 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏰 Rent Extraction 🔮 Post-Capitalism

Knowledge and Power

by George Gilder • 2013

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

3.94

428

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Knowledge and Power 88%

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

by George Gilder 2013

3.94

428 ratings

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Eat People

by Andy Kessler • 2011

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

3.63

393

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Eat People 88%

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

by Andy Kessler 2011

3.63

393 ratings

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

The People’s Republic of Walmart

by Leigh Phillips • 2019

Big corporations already plan like socialist states. The final step is not computing but democracy.

3.88

2k+

🧮 Economic Planning 🔴 Socialist Economics 🗳️ Democratic Planning ⚖️ Calculation Debate 🏗️ Post-Capitalism

The People’s Republic of Walmart Summary

The People’s Republic of Walmart 88%

Big corporations already plan like socialist states. The final step is not computing but democracy.

by Leigh Phillips 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

🧮 Economic Planning 🔴 Socialist Economics 🗳️ Democratic Planning ⚖️ Calculation Debate 🏗️ Post-Capitalism

Early Retirement Extreme

by Jacob Lund Fisker • 2010

Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.

3.96

4k+

🏦 Financial Independence 🧮 Extreme Frugality 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity 🎨 Lifestyle Design ⚙️ Systems Thinking

Early Retirement Extreme 88%

Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.

by Jacob Lund Fisker 2010

3.96

4k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Independence 🧮 Extreme Frugality 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity 🎨 Lifestyle Design ⚙️ Systems Thinking

Limits to Growth

by Donella H. Meadows • 1972

A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.

4.21

2k+

🧠 Systems Thinking 📊 Environmental Economics 🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⛏️ Resource Depletion ⚖️ Carrying Capacity

Limits to Growth 88%

A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.

by Donella H. Meadows 1972

4.21

2k+ ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 📊 Environmental Economics 🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⛏️ Resource Depletion ⚖️ Carrying Capacity

Virtual Society

by Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

3.40

288

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Virtual Society 88%

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

by Herman Narula 2022

3.40

288 ratings

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Radical Markets

by Eric A. Posner • 2018

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

3.95

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

Radical Markets 88%

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

by Eric A. Posner 2018

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

Growth

by Daniel Susskind • 2024

Growth is recent, reversible, and destructive. The choice isn't whether to grow but how.

3.75

831

🧮 Economic Growth ⚙️ Technological Progress 🌱 Degrowth Debate 📊 Gdp Critique 🏭 Industrial Revolution

Growth 88%

Growth is recent, reversible, and destructive. The choice isn't whether to grow but how.

by Daniel Susskind 2024

3.75

831 ratings

🧮 Economic Growth ⚙️ Technological Progress 🌱 Degrowth Debate 📊 Gdp Critique 🏭 Industrial Revolution

The Rational Optimist

by Matt Ridley • 2010

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

3.97

14k+

🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

The Rational Optimist 88%

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

by Matt Ridley 2010

3.97

14k+ ratings

🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

Life After Google

by George Gilder • 2018

Google's ad internet is dying. Blockchain will build a new one around human minds, not AI.

3.54

2k+

🔗 Blockchain Technology 🌐 Decentralized Internet 🤖 AI Skepticism 📱 Attention Economy 💰 Future Of Money

Life After Google 88%

Google's ad internet is dying. Blockchain will build a new one around human minds, not AI.

by George Gilder 2018

3.54

2k+ ratings

🔗 Blockchain Technology 🌐 Decentralized Internet 🤖 AI Skepticism 📱 Attention Economy 💰 Future Of Money

Power and Progress

by Daron Acemoğlu • 2023

For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.

3.94

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy ⚙️ History Of Technology 🔧 Technological Bias 🏭 Labor And Automation 📊 Institutional Economics

Power and Progress 88%

For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.

by Daron Acemoğlu 2023

3.94

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚙️ History Of Technology 🔧 Technological Bias 🏭 Labor And Automation 📊 Institutional Economics

The New Human Rights Movement

by Peter Joseph • 2017

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

4.33

625

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The New Human Rights Movement 88%

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

by Peter Joseph 2017

4.33

625 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

3.43

116

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Economics of Enough 88%

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

by Diane Coyle 2011

3.43

116 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Powershift

by Alvin Toffler • 1990

Information rewrites power itself: who holds it, how it flows, and why old hierarchies collapse.

4.00

1k+

🧠 Knowledge Economy ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔄 Organizational Change 🔮 Futurology 📡 Information Warfare

Powershift 88%

Information rewrites power itself: who holds it, how it flows, and why old hierarchies collapse.

by Alvin Toffler 1990

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🧠 Knowledge Economy ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔄 Organizational Change 🔮 Futurology 📡 Information Warfare

Edible Economics

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022

Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.

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🧠 Economic Myths 🌐 Global Trade 🏭 Industrial Policy 📜 Economic History 🤲 Care Economy

Edible Economics 88%

Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

🧠 Economic Myths 🌐 Global Trade 🏭 Industrial Policy 📜 Economic History 🤲 Care Economy

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