Where has all the money in the world gone?
It's been a long time since I read it, but the top reply on Reddit reminds me of <i>Human Action</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Action" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Action</a> (the wiki synopsis doesn't remind me at all of the book I read) by Ludwig von Mises <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises</a>. Once somewhat influential I think the book has fallen into obscurity. My memory is von Mises constructed a rational economic system using a <i>bottom up</i> approach starting with <i>human action</i>, rather like the the Reddit poster attempts.