I really enjoy reading Charlie's work, especially the speculation around transition societies. You can add Accelerando to the list of his works that include some serious consideration of economics (in a way that whilst reading you don't think, 'eww - economics' :)
Actually, Singularity Sky also has a lot of good - and stealthy - economics material.
I'd also mention P. F. Hamilton's "Fallen Dragon", where FTL travel is possible, colonization of a few nearby Earth-like planets has happened... but it's not economically viable after all, which leads to some twisted consequences.
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Re:The Rise of Dismal Science Fiction
by philipkglass on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:06PM
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It's deliberate. The author lurked on 4chan as background research for the novel: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/08/intervie...
(See comments -- question 9, response by author 15)
His Merchant Princes series is all about how a dimensional travelers exploit lack of economic knowledge in parallel worlds with less developed economies.
And Halting State and Rule 34, two near future novels, both touch on economics and related themes quite a bit.