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| + | -Hand pointing upward, turning into a swirl at the bottom? | ||
| + | -What metals do they use? Do those have magical significance too? | ||
-When questioned about motives or methods, they only say "we respond rationally to incentives" | -When questioned about motives or methods, they only say "we respond rationally to incentives" | ||
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-It is in the nature of markets to seek efficiency; the world is imperfect; how do we fix this? | -It is in the nature of markets to seek efficiency; the world is imperfect; how do we fix this? | ||
-Fantasy analogues of different schools of economics | -Fantasy analogues of different schools of economics | ||
| + | -Markets are inefficient when people have incomplete information; Thus, We Must Become Omniscient | ||
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-Factions (and/or rival cults) have their own coinage? | -Factions (and/or rival cults) have their own coinage? | ||
-Officially, Kaelmar denies any Invisible Hand involvement in their economy, but everyone knows the truth | -Officially, Kaelmar denies any Invisible Hand involvement in their economy, but everyone knows the truth | ||
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| + | FACTIONS: | ||
| + | -Libertarians ("Water seeks its own level") | ||
| + | -Communists | ||
| + | -People focused on externalities | ||
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| + | -Fund/run schools to teach math and/or magic? | ||
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| + | -What weird social rules do they have? | ||
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| + | -Coin-flipping as divination, different coins for different circumstances | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 29 August 2019
-Economics cult, overall vibe is "what if Adam Smith was also Pythagoras?"
-Coins are stamped with blessings and proverbs, which gain power as they circulate; thus, it is their sacred duty to encourage as much trade as possible -(Possibly the idea of circulating blessings came from some other cult they absorbed)
-(Coin imagery/slogan ideas?) -Hand pointing upward, turning into a swirl at the bottom? -What metals do they use? Do those have magical significance too?
-When questioned about motives or methods, they only say "we respond rationally to incentives"
-Only group that developed modern, large-scale economic theories; teaching people requires inducting them into a cult
-As the printing press develops, a schism approaches about the proper role of paper money, or if it should be allowed at all
-The Efficient Market Hypothesis is their Problem of Evil -It is in the nature of markets to seek efficiency; the world is imperfect; how do we fix this? -Fantasy analogues of different schools of economics -Markets are inefficient when people have incomplete information; Thus, We Must Become Omniscient
-Factions (and/or rival cults) have their own coinage?
-Officially, Kaelmar denies any Invisible Hand involvement in their economy, but everyone knows the truth
FACTIONS: -Libertarians ("Water seeks its own level") -Communists -People focused on externalities
-Fund/run schools to teach math and/or magic?
-What weird social rules do they have?
-Coin-flipping as divination, different coins for different circumstances
