Post-Work Economic System

A Post-Work Economic System is an economic system that operates without human labor through complete automation of production and services.

• AKA: Post-Labor Economy, Workless Economy, Fully Automated Economy, Post-Employment System.
• Context:
  • It can typically rely on General-Purpose AI Systems through post-work production automation.
  • It can typically require Universal Basic Income Policy through post-work income provision.
  • It can typically eliminate Labor Markets through post-work employment absence.
  • It can typically necessitate Alternative Value Systems through post-work purpose redefinition.
  • It can often follow Human Labor Obsolescence Phenomenon through post-work technological progression.
  • It can often enable Creative Pursuit Society through post-work time liberation.
  • It can often challenge Protestant Work Ethic through post-work cultural transformation.
  • It can range from being a Utopian Post-Work Economic System to being a Dystopian Post-Work Economic System, depending on its post-work wealth distribution.
  • It can range from being a Egalitarian Post-Work Economic System to being an Hierarchical Post-Work Economic System, depending on its post-work social structure.
  • It can range from being a Abundant Post-Work Economic System to being a Scarce Post-Work Economic System, depending on its post-work resource availability.
  • It can range from being a Democratic Post-Work Economic System to being an Authoritarian Post-Work Economic System, depending on its post-work governance model.
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• Example(s):
  • Fully Automated Luxury Communism with universal abundance.
  • AI Feudalism Model with extreme wealth concentration.
  • Nordic Post-Work Model with strong social safety nets.
  • Techno-Capitalism Model with AI ownership concentration.
  • Commons-Based Post-Work Economy with shared resources.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Labor-Based Economy, which requires human work.
  • Mixed Economy, which combines human and machine labor.
  • Subsistence Economy, which relies on basic human effort.
• See: Economic System, Economy, Human Labor Obsolescence Phenomenon, AI-Induced Job Displacement Process, Mass Automation Phenomenon, AI-Powered Universal Basic Income Policy, Resource Wealth State Governance Model.

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