There's some economic activity here: "Space family stone" (a.k.a. Rolling Stones) is chronologically a little after "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress": http://en.wi

There's some economic activity here: "Space family stone" (a.k.a. Rolling Stones) is chronologically a little after "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_%28novel%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_%28novel%29 Some John Wyndham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outward_Urge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outward_Urge, but that's more geopolitical than economic. Both very old, so the sci fi has a different flavour (future as projected from the 1950s, rather than from now).