The purpose of this thread is to attempt to to extrapolate from "The Wealth of Nations" to anticipate the nature of an economy located away from Earth.
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A working premise defined for this series of posts is that the ONLY exchange between the remote economy and the Earth will be digital communications.
However, THAT exchange will be presumed to be lively, and that economic value will be derived from messages received at both ends.
The base document upon which this series is planned is:
Reference #1:
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Introduction by Robert Reich
Edited, with notes, Marginal Summary, and Enlarged Index, by Edwin Cannan
The Modern Library
New York
@ 2000 Introduction copyright by Robert Reich
@ 1994 Biographical note copyright by Random House, Inc
ISBN 0-679-78336-9 (paperback)
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2017/10/21 Addition of Reference #2:
Title: False Economy
A Surprising Economic History of the World
Author: Alan Beattie
Publisher: Riverhead Books
(c) 2009 New York
ISBN 978-1-59448-866-5
Author description on Jacket:
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Alan Beattie graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in history. After taking a master's degree in economics at Cambridge, he worked as an economist at the Bank of England and he then joined the Financial Times in 1998. Currently the paper's world trade editor, he writes about economics, globalization, and development.
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2018/01/04 Addition of Reference #3:
Title: Learning By Doing
The real connection between innovation, wages, and wealth.
Author: James Bessen
Publisher: Yale University Press
(c) 2015
ISBN 978-0-300-19566-8
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Technology
Part II. Wages
Part III. Technology Policy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
2018/02/04 Adding Reference #04:
Title: FAB
Subtitle: The coming revolution on your desktop-From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
(c) 2005 by Neil Gershenfeld
Gershenfeld, Neil A.
Published by Basic Books
ISBN 0-465-0745-8
This book will be followed by another book with a similar theme, which is on order.
Edit: 2020/05/25 This web site is generously supported by Dr. Lewis Dartnell.
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by Lewis Dartnell
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