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Comparison of Transitional Theories to Post-Scarcity in Science-Fiction Literature

European Journal of Business Science and Technology

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Title Comparison of Transitional Theories to Post-Scarcity in Science-Fiction Literature
 
Creator Mizerák, Michal
 
Description Scarcity, or limited resources, is the fundamental economic problem the humanity faces continuously. Without it, economics would be meaningless. Science-fiction literature however already depicts societies where abundance is becoming persistent feature in the economic structures. Are there any meaningful and relevant ideas which economics can imply from the transmission of economies to post-scarcity in science-fiction literature? This paper touches on ideas of some of the most elaborated economies transforming to post-scarcity in science-fiction genre since 1910s by identifying if the multiple-born source of scarcity (namely labour and primary resources) have been eradicated, naturally questioning the existence of medium of exchange - money. Results of the paper suggest that even though the society looks like it had achieved post-scarcity, it is still experiencing scarcity and uses a medium of exchange to redistribute resource. This implies that these theories rather depict a socialistic utopia than a fully emerged post-scarcity society, even in the most progressive novels scarcity rarely still occurs.
 
Publisher Mendel University in Brno
 
Date 2019-08-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.ejobsat.cz/index.php/ejobsat/article/view/144
10.11118/ejobsat.v5i1.144
 
Source European Journal of Business Science and Technology; Vol 5 No 1 (2019); pp. 107–123
2694-7161
2336-6494
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.ejobsat.cz/index.php/ejobsat/article/view/144/172
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Michal Mizerák
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