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justncase80 · 2013-07-11 · Original thread
This reminds me of "For Us, The Living", by Robert Heinlein. Where he discusses a very similar society and explains the economics of how it might work: http://www.amazon.com/For-Us-The-Living-Customs/dp/074349154...

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