Identify the appropriate management or social system for an era of mathematical capitalism

Identify the management or social system that would be appropriate for an era in which mathematical knowledge and mathematical expertise function as central inputs to artificial-intelligence-driven economic activity.

Background

The paper discusses a 2019 joint report by Japan’s ministries of economy and education entitled The Coming Era of Mathematical Capitalism. The report identifies mathematics as a strategic priority and observes that corporate competition in artificial intelligence requires highly mathematically trained personnel.

According to the paper, the report explicitly raises—but does not resolve—the institutional question of what kind of management or social system should govern such an era. The issue is presented as a broader societal and governmental open problem rather than a private concern of mathematicians.

References

The question of our social contract is thus not a private anxiety of mathematicians; it is an open item on the books of governments.

— Fundamental Mathematics in the Age of AI -- The Residue, the Journey, and the Ecology  (2608.12816 - Collas, 13 Aug 2026) in Section 1, Subsection 1.3, “Calling the bluff”

The open questions do not belong to the machines: who checks, who trains, who pays -- and whether we continue to organise, and to fund, the one experience that was never reproducible in the first place.

— Fundamental Mathematics in the Age of AI -- The Residue, the Journey, and the Ecology  (2608.12816 - Collas, 13 Aug 2026) in Coda