William Davies-Economic Science Fictions

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An innovative new anthology exploring how science fiction can motivate new approaches to economics.;Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction to Economic Science Fictions; Challenging the Market; Wither Utopias?; Why 'Economic Science Fictions'?; I The Science and Fictions of the Economy; 1 Economics, Science Fiction, History and Comparative Studies; 2 Future Incorporated?; The Social Fiction of the Corporation; The Social Science Fiction of the Corporation; Beyond Corporations; 'Real Utopias': Cooperation rather than Corporation; Concluding Reflections. Cover Half-title Series information Title page Copyright information Dedication Table of contents Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction to Economic Science Fictions Challenging the Market Wither Utopias? Why 'Economic Science Fictions'? I The Science and Fictions of the Economy 1 Economics, Science Fiction, History and Comparative Studies 2 Future Incorporated? The Social Fiction of the Corporation The Social Science Fiction of the Corporation Beyond Corporations 'Real Utopias': Cooperation rather than Corporation Concluding Reflections. 3 Currencies of Social Organisation4 Automating Economic Revolution II Capitalist Dystopias 5 'Feeding Like a Parasite' Introduction Defining Extraction Extraction and Digital Technology Corporeal Extraction and Social Reproduction Environmental Extraction and Dystopia Conclusion: Extraction and Utopia 6 Pain Camp Economics Rise of the CorpoNation Holo Accords The Aiholo Pain ©Amp 7 AT392-Red 8 The New Black 9 Fatberg and the Sinkholes: A Report on the Findings of a Journey into the United Regions of England by PostRational Fatberg Sinkhole Foreword. To the United Regions of EnglandObjectives and Methodology Why? What? When? Where? How? Prototypical Hypothesis 1 London's insatiable capacity for growth pushed against the constraints of the system 2 London was kicked out, and the URE was formed, as a reaction to its insatiability 3 The URE has set out, driven by necessity and opportunity, to do things differently In short, we think this Welcome to Absorbism Absorbism Absorbism, Wrung Out... Components of exchange in the new regionalism Redundancies of exchange Exchanges with people Exchanges of transparency. The InfrastructuralThe Physical The (Formerly) Invisible Form through Function and Back Again The Arbiters Three Arbiter Types The Architectural New Communality Sites of Parties The Personal Capitalism -- the You-You Absorbism -- the We-Saw Return from the URE III Design for a Different Future 10 Prefabricating Communism The Elimination of Excess Automating the Ideal Communist City Out of Monumentality, Standardisation: Cheryomushki Standardising Nonconformity: Belyayevo Standardising Individuality: Chertanovo. 11 Megastructures, Superweapons and Global Architectures in Science Fiction Computer GamesIntroduction Megastructures: Definitions and Depictions Megastructures in Games Economies and Imaginations Games and the Architectural Imaginary 12 Economic Design Fictions: Finding the Human Scale Designing Fictions and Frictions Why Design Fiction Matters for Economics Everydayness Ambiguity Discussion A Blueprint for Economic Design Fictions Looking at the Extremes: Scarcity and Post-Scarcity Contexts The Speculative Context Canvas Resources and Products Political Set-Up and Orientation.