Trust economy
noun phrase
An economy in which information and polished output are abundant, so value shifts towards people and institutions whose judgement, provenance and promises can be believed.
Also known as low-trust economy
The trust economy begins when information stops being scarce.
AI can produce writing, analysis and presentation polish almost instantly. Sounding informed is no longer much of a moat. The scarce thing becomes the person whose judgement can be believed, whose sources can be traced and whose promise still means something after the document leaves the room.
Trust is not a soft extra added after the useful work. It changes who gets hired, funded, promoted and given the consequential decision. As synthetic output becomes harder to identify by appearance, provenance helps establish where something came from. The rest still comes down to a human or institution willing to stand near it and answer.