Timeline for What would the economy look like on a generation ship?
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| Jan 14, 2021 at 9:14 | comment | added | NomadMaker | The book Mayflies has several different economies in it's long journey. No crew, unless you count the brain-computer programmed to control the ship (a person's brain, accidentally saved, and thought to have no personality/memories left, they thought). Wonderful story; I wish it were available on Kindle. | |
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| Sep 11, 2017 at 23:35 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @Olga They're run by the crew. Like a cruise ship, the people aboard aren't there to worry about the engines. || Uh ... maybe? Why? || They aren't allowed to have kids. | |
| Sep 10, 2017 at 14:10 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | Lots of example models. Think 'wagon trains' of the American West. Capitalist companies formed to transport paying customers to the new frontier. On the journey, the management was in full control, the passengers just along for the ride. The management was fully responsible for provisions along the way. The wagon master was boss, judge, jury, total authority. Think 'mining corporation' with a two hundred year plan to develop and ship back resources, where passengers are all company employees and families, indentured servants. Think Australia, penal colony, transportation provided by the state. | |
| Sep 10, 2017 at 0:53 | answer | added | Olga | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 17:31 | answer | added | Justin Thyme | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 6:33 | comment | added | TitaniumTurtle | I was going to answer, but I think all that needs to be said pretty much has been. Capitalism will not work in a society with limited resources and space. It is entirely based on consumption, which is why customers are called consumers and businesses producers. The problem is there are no resources to produce. Also, if you compare individual economic systems to governing systems, true free market capitalism is essential akin to anarchy. Both free market capitalism and anarchy dictate that the rules aren't made by the government, but by individuals who have more influence by currency or force. | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 6:22 | answer | added | John | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 5:34 | comment | added | user6760 | I thought everyone goes on an all expenses paid vacation, no? | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 5:32 | answer | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 5:09 | answer | added | Tod3 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 5:08 | answer | added | o.m. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 4:05 | answer | added | ShadowLiberal | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:26 | comment | added | Braydon | Well what kind of economy they would have would depend on what kind of goods they could make which would depend on what kind of resources they have. So really it all comes down to what you put on the ship. If you were to have put enough rations for its entire journey on board for instance food would not play into the economy. However if they had to grow food in a hydroponic farm, food could play a major role in their economy. We need more details if you want a reasonable answer. | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:18 | comment | added | Olga | one more question... what happens to children of crew members? Do they go back to the general population? | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:17 | comment | added | Olga | what about life-support systems and propulsion? Who owns them? And is there a way to switch off life-support selectively for different sections of the ship? | |
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| Sep 9, 2017 at 0:48 | history | asked | Azor Ahai -him- | CC BY-SA 3.0 |