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Can you ‘live long and prosper’ by learning economics from Star Trek? Or is that ‘highly illogical’?

By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Tesfaye Gebremedhin, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Canberra

From societies without money to profiteering aliens, the world of Star Trek has more to say about economics than you might think.

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