Economics

Jaxomer · Post by **Jaxomer** » February 7, 2003, 12:39 pm

The EQ economy revisited. Again.

This is actually kind of interesting, if you're interested in this kind of thing.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · February 7, 2003, 12:56 pm

Excellent article.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 7, 2003, 1:03 pm

the article is good.

i thought the last paragraph was a bit over the top with the liberal dreams being realized produces the results that conservatives want bla bla bla.

i admit for a second it made me want to hold hands with Midnyte and sing a song, but that could just be this new prescription of benzodiazapam i wrote myself.

speaking of being whacked on pills did anybody see Conan O'Brien last night? Hunter S. Thompson was so freakin drunk he could barely speak. I was bummed he didnt cover his face with leeches like he was supposed to because of his assertions that the Raiders were going to kick ass in the Superbowl.

miir · Post by **miir** » February 7, 2003, 1:12 pm

Hunter S. Thompson was so freakin drunk he could barely speak.

That's his normal state.
His lucidity increases directly in proportion to the amount of alcohol and drugs he has consumed.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · February 7, 2003, 1:17 pm

Voronwë wrote:
i admit for a second it made me want to hold hands with Midnyte and sing a song, but that could just be this new prescription of benzodiazapam i wrote myself.

.

lol

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 7, 2003, 2:07 pm

Based on surveys of these market exchanges, Castronova calculated that one unit of PP was worth a little more than one U.S. penny. That technically makes Norrathian PP a "stronger" currency than the Japanese yen or Italian lira

ROFL!!!

p.s. Will cyb0r for happy pills!

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 7, 2003, 7:46 pm

Yeah Hunter Thompson is always unintelligible. He is a brilliant writer tho.. However some of his more recent stuff in Rolling Stone has been kind of crappy.

I wish I knew he was on Conan last night.. sucks I missed it.

Sometimes · Post by **Sometimes** » February 7, 2003, 10:24 pm

What may be most striking about Norrath is that the virtual market doesn't require a powerful government. Norrathian economic life, conducted in PP or dollars, proceeds without laws stipulating the terms of exchanges, regulations dictating who can participate in various activities, or authorities enforcing contracts. There are no monetary or fiscal policies to manage demand and prices, and no safety net.

That is because items are never defective or harmful to the user, one can argue in fact that the government regulates the economy more strictly than any modern country by controlling the rate at which goods enter the economy as well as the quality of those items.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » February 7, 2003, 11:44 pm

Shut the fuck up anon troll.