Theory of Value Typology: Feudal, Capitalism, Post-Capitalism
| Use-Value | Type of Value Exchange Value |
Knowledge-Value | |
| Aspects | |||
| Type of Society | feudal , tribal | modern capitalist | post-capitalist |
| Cultural,Ethnic,Racial | world-wide historical path | Europe, America, then Japan | not yet determined transculturalism |
| Economic Theory | Adam Smith | David Ricardo, Karl Marx | does not exist: Marx, Keynes, Kondratieff, Stiglitz, Leontiev |
| Value Base | land | land,capital | knowledge |
| Location of Work | village craft shop or farm | large city factory or office | physical proximity to Internet or WWW |
| Monetary System | barter | hard currency, gold, silver; then paper specie | Not yet known: probably federally-issued specie |
| Political System | chaos, tribal, monarchy | limited democracy, dictatorship | not yet known |
| Investment Criteria | largely arbitrary and political | profit increases through decreases in amount of labor or wages | further production through efficiency but without much further drop in human labor |
| Wealth Store | land, gold, food | gold, land, paper instruments: stocks,bonds | very large databases (VLDBs), gigabytes to terabyte size |
| Stratification | land | capital, land | cognitive intelligence, ability & relationship to Internet and Web |
| Source of political stability | traditional authority | rapid rates of ecnomic growth, balanced by federal intervention | Stable VLDBs leading to regular production and distribution of goods and services |
| Economic Imbalance | none, due to scarcity | fiscal & monetary policies | failed transition period to post-capitalism; or unstable VLDBs |
| International Trade | barter primarily | reserve currencies:pound,yen,dollar,mark | not yet determined; perhaps by an equalized knowledge theory of value |
| Sources of differences/war | cultural | economic imbalances from development levels, nationalism | unequal national Web integration/failed international trade |