(really? no money? Just how would that work?) This doesn't make a whole lot of sense in the Star Trek universe, but there are other works of science fiction th

(really? no money? Just how would that work?) This doesn't make a whole lot of sense in the Star Trek universe, but there are other works of science fiction that explore this idea in a more plausible fashion. Iain M. Banks has written a number of novels about a post-scarcity civilisation called the Culture, which also lacks any sort of a financial system.