I understand where you're coming from, because I had very similar views once.Carefully read The Wealth of Nations (the first volume will be fine, the others are largely about now esoteric stuff unrelated to our circumstances today e.g. The Corn Laws).For extra credit, read a book called "The Birth of Plenty".In Science, we pride ourselves on finding solutions to problems. However the critical thing in Science, is not usually some genius solution to a problem, but asking the right kinds of questions. You really want to be sure you're asking the right questions if you want to change the world.In my view world GDP has dramatically increased in an extremely short space of time. If you google Hans Rosling and Angus Maddison you'll find the statistics that back up this view. The levels of wealth we have experienced in the world today, are highly abnormal by historical standards. If you do not understand the wealth creation mechanism that enabled this to occur, then you are quite frankly wasting your time trying to fix anything. Even Karl Marx said as much in Das Kapital, which is why it's a pity that most so-called communists haven't even read their primary source material.RBE is not a new idea. It is actually a very old idea indeed. In fact, if you do your research you'll find it actually predates capitalism. RBE in its currently most relevant and easily recognized form had its origin with something called the "Technocracy movement". Google this to find out more information.Lastly, do read those two books I mentioned. It's next to impossible to have a coherent discussion on these matters if the two parties don't even agree on fundamentals such as the basic economic history of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. I mean, having a 'view' or 'perspective' is one thing, but you can't argue with "X tonnes of steel were manufactured in 1906", since that is simply an historical fact. Unfortunately in these discussions, with all due respect, proponents of RBE are frequently unaware of precisely these kinds of facts. I don't mean to be condescending, it's just true.