Before Average is Over: How to Avoid Stagnation in a World of Limited Resources

by Alexander Stepanov

Undergraduate economic textbooks offer little beyond pro-free market propaganda and a caricatured view of planning and optimization of Economy. But does profit maximization really lead to maximal satisfaction of human needs, optimal use of resources and labor?
The first chapter of this book offers a simple mathematical model that answers these questions, dispelling the fundamental myths of neoliberal economic theory. The following chapters explore various economic systems beyond that of the family that have accounted for societal needs from the Stone Age to the Space Age, and offer a historical and anthropological perspective on how Christianity have influenced free market ideology. The last essay discusses what neoliberal ideology envisions for the future of mankind.
With world population growing rapidly, planning and optimization techniques should not be reserved for Business schools. General public must be aware of these techniques in order to make meaningful contribution to public debate and get the most out of the resources our planet provides.

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 7, 2014