About this episode

The episode discusses the Feringi from Star Trek and their role as space capitalists in a post-money economy.

Star Trek's Feringi are intergalactic traders, merchants, entrepreneurs, and feckless shysters. How did they get to be space capitalists when the Federation outgrew the concept of money altogether? Sean Finnerty joins to discuss Feringinar, the Rules of Acquisition, and the economy of the 24th century.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Heaton

Guest: Sean Finnerty

Topics covered

• Feringi
• space capitalism
• Star Trek
• economy of the 24th century
• intergalactic trade
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Feringi
• Star Trek
• space capitalism
• Rules of Acquisition
• 24th century economy
• intergalactic traders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federation

Books & works: Star Trek

Places: Feringinar

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