The autumn of humanity -- Part I. Automation: The case for technological unemployment -- Why you should hate your job -- Giving techno-pessimism its due -- Part II. Utopia: In search of utopia -- The cyborg utopia -- The virtual utopia -- The unending quest.

"Economics and science fiction rarely have much to do with each other. As a discipline, economics is far removed from creative writing. Science fiction arguably tells us little about the reality of day-to-day capitalism. Economic Science Fictions challenges and changes that. By treating our...