![]() ![]() There are one or two tiny flaws in his idyllic life.įirstly, there is the personal: Mitch is certain he loves Dr. He is, in other words, a man on his way up. He has his own lavish two-bedroom apartment, can afford unreconstituted food, and enjoys the confidence of Fowler Schocken himself. Mitch Courtenay, a Fowler Schocken Associates advertising agency star-class copywriter, is one of the elite. At the top of this most perfect society sit the advertising experts who shape opinion. Nation-states are guided by what best serves the corporations who effectively own the governments. True, supporting such a vast economic enterprise demands bold solutions to the challenge of dwindling resources, but only the worst sort of Consie-the Conservationists, lowest of the low - would object. Population continues to soar and with it the economy explodes unchecked. ![]() It was followed by The Merchant’s War, written by Pohl alone.Įarth is a utopia. ![]() Kornbluth’s 1953 The Space Merchants is a near-future SF satire. ![]()
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