Though these are basic concepts, they are not easy to understand. If you want evidence of this, open a newspaper....
They are easy. Gene Callahan’s Economics For Real People is something a child could understand. Rather it is that
People are simply not exposed to it
Simply reject some of their conclusions because they dislike them
Often a lot of people peddle a form of very simplistic libertarianism online that is based on the micro 101 level (say mises.org) without any inkling of the post-Keynesian macro synthesis, IS/LM and so on. They squabble with the people who know serious macro, who laugh their butts off and make fun of the idiots assuming people who know serious macro somehow don’t know basic micro. However for the general public there is an unfortunate fallout: they think basic micro is worthless, look at how the serious guys are laughing at it! They are not laughing at basic micro, they are laughing at the idea that econ stops there. But this gives basic micro a bad name, kind of. It is the over-use and over-reliance on basic micro to make a political point is what gives it a bad name.
As for your point here, you are taking pos-scarcity too literally. Really it is based on marginalism. It is about satisfying the most basic wants that have the highest marginal disutility. It is about feeding the proles bread and circus and not having a significant social problem or unrest on your hand so basically you can focus on things like exploring the galaxy.
They are easy. Gene Callahan’s Economics For Real People is something a child could understand. Rather it is that
People are simply not exposed to it
Simply reject some of their conclusions because they dislike them
Often a lot of people peddle a form of very simplistic libertarianism online that is based on the micro 101 level (say mises.org) without any inkling of the post-Keynesian macro synthesis, IS/LM and so on. They squabble with the people who know serious macro, who laugh their butts off and make fun of the idiots assuming people who know serious macro somehow don’t know basic micro. However for the general public there is an unfortunate fallout: they think basic micro is worthless, look at how the serious guys are laughing at it! They are not laughing at basic micro, they are laughing at the idea that econ stops there. But this gives basic micro a bad name, kind of. It is the over-use and over-reliance on basic micro to make a political point is what gives it a bad name.
As for your point here, you are taking pos-scarcity too literally. Really it is based on marginalism. It is about satisfying the most basic wants that have the highest marginal disutility. It is about feeding the proles bread and circus and not having a significant social problem or unrest on your hand so basically you can focus on things like exploring the galaxy.
Haven’t read it, will add it to list....
Plenty of bread and circus already. Food cheap, entertainment often free. Therefore, is practically post-scarcity society already, no?