Economics
Charles Eisenstein on the Gift Economy
The Guardian's interview with theorist Charles Eisenstein on the core principle of a gift economy — status flows from what you give away, not what you hoard, so the more you give, the richer you are. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @theGuardian
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Musk and Other Tech Leaders Signal Support for UBI Amid AI-Fueled Layoffs
CBS News on the 2026 moment tech billionaires lined up behind universal basic income — including Elon Musk's call for a "Universal High Income" — and why lawmakers question whether the moguls would ever accept the taxes to fund it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CBSNews
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNets
Community Land Trusts Are Expanding
PBS SoCal on how community land trusts keep housing permanently affordable by taking land off the speculative market — the land fix for the positional-goods problem, already working in hundreds of cities today. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @PBSSoCal
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek
Trekonomics author Manu Saadia interviewed on The Zero Hour about the economics of Star Trek — the deepest serious treatment of how a post-scarcity, post-money Federation could actually hold together. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @TheZeroHourwithRJEskow
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Hayek and the Socialist Calculation Problem
Marginal Revolution University explains the classic case against every planned economy: prices as a compression algorithm for dispersed, tacit knowledge that no central planner can gather. The objection any honest post-monetary proposal has to answer first. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @MarginalRevolutionUniversity
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Earth's Economy in Star Trek EXPLAINED
The tour that opens the whole thought experiment: how the Federation actually functions without money — replicators, the New World Economy, and what people work for when nobody gets paid. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @OrangeRiver
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
The famous RSA Animate of Dan Pink's talk on autonomy, mastery, and purpose — the research behind why people do world-class creative work without a paycheck, once survival is already covered. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @rsaorg
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Power to the People: Community Land Trusts
The civil-rights-era origins of community land trusts, in depth — how the single highest-leverage transition institution in the post was invented, and why it works. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @WeActRadioDC
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Economist Explains What Happens After AI Takes All Jobs
Economist Daniel Susskind on the world after work — why the outcome of the AI transition is a choice we make rather than a fate we accept, and what a meaningful human life looks like when labor is no longer at the center of it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @futureoflifeinstitute
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNets
The Gift Economy: A Resilient Alternative to Consumer Culture
A deeper dive into the motivation pillar: what an economy looks like when it runs on relationships and reciprocity instead of money, consumerism, and scarcity. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @ParkrosePermaculture
See the full series on BeyondCurrency
Sam Altman on UBI: "I'm Very Much in Favor"
Altman explains why he backs a cash floor — and why he suspects the AI era may demand something different: "universal basic compute," giving every citizen a slice of AI capacity rather than a check. The seed of his later collective-ownership proposals. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @UBIWorks
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNets
Sam Altman Gave Thousands of People Free Money — Here's What Happened
The inside story of the OpenResearch study, one of the largest unconditional cash experiments in US history: 1,000 participants, $1,000 a month, three years — and results that both UBI's champions and skeptics claimed as vindication. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @Forbes
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNets
AI Is "Juicing Up" Inflation, Says Moody's Mark Zandi
Moody's chief economist on CNBC explaining how the AI buildout's demand for chips and electricity is feeding inflation right now — while the promised productivity payoff lags behind. Essential context before anyone proposes adding stimulus checks on top. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CNBCtelevision
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsOnline Courses in AI, Cybersecurity, Mathematics & More
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Earth's Economy in Star Trek EXPLAINED
The tour that opens the whole thought experiment: how the Federation actually functions without money — replicators, the New World Economy, and what people work for when nobody gets paid. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @OrangeRiver
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyHayek and the Socialist Calculation Problem
Marginal Revolution University explains the classic case against every planned economy: prices as a compression algorithm for dispersed, tacit knowledge that no central planner can gather. The objection any honest post-monetary proposal has to answer first. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @MarginalRevolutionUniversity
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyCharles Eisenstein on the Gift Economy
The Guardian's interview with theorist Charles Eisenstein on the core principle of a gift economy — status flows from what you give away, not what you hoard, so the more you give, the richer you are. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @theGuardian
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
The famous RSA Animate of Dan Pink's talk on autonomy, mastery, and purpose — the research behind why people do world-class creative work without a paycheck, once survival is already covered. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @rsaorg
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyCommunity Land Trusts Are Expanding
PBS SoCal on how community land trusts keep housing permanently affordable by taking land off the speculative market — the land fix for the positional-goods problem, already working in hundreds of cities today. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @PBSSoCal
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyTrekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek
Trekonomics author Manu Saadia interviewed on The Zero Hour about the economics of Star Trek — the deepest serious treatment of how a post-scarcity, post-money Federation could actually hold together. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @TheZeroHourwithRJEskow
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyAn Introduction to a Resource-Based Economy
Peter Joseph's TEDxOjai talk — the most prominent activist articulation of the open-source resource tracker idea, from the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement. A lineage with its own controversies; judge the argument on its merits. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @LinguisticTeamIntl
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyThe Gift Economy: A Resilient Alternative to Consumer Culture
A deeper dive into the motivation pillar: what an economy looks like when it runs on relationships and reciprocity instead of money, consumerism, and scarcity. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @ParkrosePermaculture
See the full series on BeyondCurrencyPower to the People: Community Land Trusts
The civil-rights-era origins of community land trusts, in depth — how the single highest-leverage transition institution in the post was invented, and why it works. Part of our Beyond Currency series. @WeActRadioDC
See the full series on BeyondCurrencySam Altman Gave Thousands of People Free Money — Here's What Happened
The inside story of the OpenResearch study, one of the largest unconditional cash experiments in US history: 1,000 participants, $1,000 a month, three years — and results that both UBI's champions and skeptics claimed as vindication. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @Forbes
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsMusk and Other Tech Leaders Signal Support for UBI Amid AI-Fueled Layoffs
CBS News on the 2026 moment tech billionaires lined up behind universal basic income — including Elon Musk's call for a "Universal High Income" — and why lawmakers question whether the moguls would ever accept the taxes to fund it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CBSNews
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsSam Altman on UBI: "I'm Very Much in Favor"
Altman explains why he backs a cash floor — and why he suspects the AI era may demand something different: "universal basic compute," giving every citizen a slice of AI capacity rather than a check. The seed of his later collective-ownership proposals. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @UBIWorks
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsAI Is "Juicing Up" Inflation, Says Moody's Mark Zandi
Moody's chief economist on CNBC explaining how the AI buildout's demand for chips and electricity is feeding inflation right now — while the promised productivity payoff lags behind. Essential context before anyone proposes adding stimulus checks on top. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CNBCtelevision
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsWarning: The Inevitable Collision of AI, Jobs, and Inflation
An economist's warning about the squeeze coming for policymakers: AI-driven job losses on one side, AI-driven inflation on the other — and central banks with tools that can only fight one at a time. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @RichardJMurphy
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsEconomist Explains What Happens After AI Takes All Jobs
Economist Daniel Susskind on the world after work — why the outcome of the AI transition is a choice we make rather than a fate we accept, and what a meaningful human life looks like when labor is no longer at the center of it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @futureoflifeinstitute
See the full series on SiliconSafetyNetsContact Us
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