Will We Always Need Money?: On the Necessity of a Monetary System in a Post-Scarcity Economy
| dc.contributor.advisor | Price, Robert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Angehr, Jarod P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-16T17:38:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-16T17:38:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This project examines the need for a monetary system in a post-scarcity economy. The thesis does not seek to answer if a post-scarcity economy could exist, but rather it attempts to answer the questions centered around the purpose of money in a hypothetical future economic situation in which technological advances have led to an abundance of resources. The study first establishes constraints within which a post-scarcity economy would most likely operate, and then uses a combination of two analysis methodologies to explore the need for a monetary system in such a society. The methodology for the research includes (1) an examination six common trends in current futuristic writing and sociological arguments for a post-scarcity future and the paths leading to it, (2) combined with an analysis of quantitative data for real-world trends and examples of technological and social advances supporting the six common trends. The study concludes that it is possible for a post-scarcity economy to exist without a monetary system on an individual level, however, it would require some form of resource accounting done on a macro-level. The project further concludes with three alternative methods in which this higher-level accounting could be conducted and how a post-scarcity economy would function with each. | |
| dc.description.department | Honors College | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 75 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Angehr, J. P. (2019). Will we always need money?: On the necessity of a monetary system in a post-scarcity economy (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/11826 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | futurism | |
| dc.subject | capitalism | |
| dc.subject | money | |
| dc.subject | currency | |
| dc.subject | post-scarcity | |
| dc.subject | technology | |
| dc.subject | Honors College | |
| dc.title | Will We Always Need Money?: On the Necessity of a Monetary System in a Post-Scarcity Economy | |
| thesis.degree.department | Honors College | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Sociology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas State University | |
| txstate.documenttype | Honors Thesis |