I have always been amazed by the different social/economic/political forms or organizations in science fiction novel, especially in:- Greenhouse Summer by Norman Spinrad: multinationals are replace by kibboutz-like syndicate. - Distraction by Bruce Sterling: not a true economy, ruled by ex blue-collar workers who were entirely marginalized because they had no skills of any value. Operatives who operate for the sake of nothing. - Neuromancer by William Gibson: big multinational companies with their own privatozed army (the nations are dead). - Snowcrash by Neal Steaphenson: franchise franchise franchise - ...

It seems that in lots of those novel, the authors draw their inspiration from collective structures like kibboutz (or kampong), this is an intersting track I would like to follow.