Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy (REALLY)

From: srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1992 15:51:38 +0000

gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
>If no players are around to buy or sell, the prices will end up
>pegged on the high or low end of the price scale, depending on
>whether or not the local region produces or consumes that item.

You're obviously just trying to get these rules changed to get me, Greg,
and I resent that!

Oh, wait, wrong discussion.

I think what you suggested is pretty much along the lines of what most
people want in the market economy.  In addition to prices pegging
either high or low, I'd like to see merchants go out of business if
they don't get enough business, and a mechanism for merchants to
"spring up" if there's a demand that's not being fulfilled.  (It's
pretty silly that you can't buy longswords in Pesbrand, after all,
what with all the demand.)  This also leads to some ramifications when
someone like Dr. Pain clears the countryside of all units.  Eventually
the markets dry up.

Personally, I prefer a model in which merchants are explicitly
modelled with independent units.  This adds things like kidnapping
merchants, travelling merchants, stealing from merchants, persuading
merchants into your faction, and will lead to the development of
social institutions like walled cities and merchants' collectives.

But I could live with an automated market.

-- Scott T.

References

Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy (REALLY)
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 23 Jun 1992 05:41:45 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
James.Cone@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James Cone)
Thu, 18 Jun 1992 03:14:56 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
nicholso@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH)
Fri, 19 Jun 1992 17:58:55 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy (REALLY)
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 23 Jun 1992 05:41:45 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
James.Cone@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James Cone)
Thu, 18 Jun 1992 03:14:56 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
nicholso@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH)
Fri, 19 Jun 1992 17:58:55 +0000