Povu the idea is not to need to trade. All people are granted the ability to receive or use resources merely by the fact of being born in the community/city/country.

Which seems like getting something for nothing--but on the other hand allows all people to pursue that which interests them most rather than struggling at something they hate merely to keep food on the table.....among a host of other advantages.

Who would do half a job or give poor service when they are doing what they truly love to do?

What crime would there be, what theft...if there was nothing you had to steal because it was already yours?

Such a resource based economy is, I think a great idea and can and have gone on at length about it. Technocracy came up with this idea during the great depression when it was clear that money no longer serves it's purpose in a rapidly growing technological society.

Sadly they were shot down by mainly a self serving greedy government that didnt want to lose their sweet deal. I know, that sounded bitter..anyway the upshot is that technocracy is almost a bad word in our society.

And when we consider that 90% of the world's resources are in the hands of 5% of the people..it is clear that even the richest would live better than they do now....especially with newfound freedom to explore and develop new technologies without hindrance of the price system.

It seems more sensical to call it a resource based economy anyway.
IMO

In the song of our heart...shera