Reply #3: Roddenberry's never really worked it out... [View All]

[RoyGBiv]

I challenge anyone to explain to me fully what the ST economic system actually is. I'm a fan of the series and have watched every episode, including ST:TNG multiple times. I've read several books staged in the ST universe. But I see no real economic system. I simply see an outline of a result of some theoretical system that the viewer/reader simply accepts as a part of this fictional universe.

He, personally, seemed to lean toward socialism, or at least highly managed capitalism. But his stories are based on a matter of faith that this all works out to perfection in the end. The actual details aren't there.