174. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Your Space-Money's No Good Here
Added 2019-03-07 02:16:38 +0000 UTCAbe and Cristian examine fictional economies that strive to span galaxies, yet fail to actually function in any conceivable realm of reality. From Trade Federations to the Replicator to Spice-Trade and the Houses, it's alllllll just bullshit. So let's enjoy it!
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
Music by Abe Epperson.
SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
Comments
Just wanted to say the economist they mentioned in this episode, Manu Saadia, wrote an whole book about Star Trek economics, and post-scarcity economics in general, called “Trekonomics”, and it’s really good. Anyone who liked this episode should check it out
Sean Murphy
2019-03-09 02:37:08 +0000 UTC
