Astounding Mar 1947
– Was often republished, particularly in Best of Jack Williamson, the (1978) [Collection].
"An interstellar task force returns to earth after 20 years in space, to find the world transformed by the discovery of a cheap and limitless power source - governments and nations have been rendered superfluous in what is, loosely, an anarchist utopia made possible by technology. There is an administration called the Brotherhood, however, subscribed to voluntarily, and with unpaid elected officers, whose functions are exclusively constructive - running schools, hospitals, libraries, &c."
Anarchism and Science Fiction