My first poll for the NZ public

[Coldrider]

printing fiat money as not as simple as it seems, or the outcome rather. Hitler tried it counterfitting pounds during the war, not to make the average UKer richer.

[mashman]

numbers are man made convention are they not?, what is anything worth, where in the universe do find a 3 or a 7 or a 1000047568686?

What's your reason for keeping money then?

[Coldrider]

What's your reason for keeping money then?

I find stamp collecting boring...actually I'm not sure I keep cash anymore, clients pay me a number that goes into my bank a/c and those numbers appear on a statement, I am not sure that those numbers are cash.

[mashman]

printing fiat money as not as simple as it seems, or the outcome rather. Hitler tried it counterfitting pounds during the war, not to make the average UKer richer.

Why isn't printing money smple?

[Coldrider]

Why isn't printing money smple?

how many people have the skills to do it? (avoiding the real answer)

[mashman]

I find stamp collecting boring...actually I'm not sure I keep cash anymore, clients pay me a number that goes into my bank a/c and those numbers appear on a statement, I am not sure that those numbers are cash.

I suppose if you work in the post office collecting stamps for people it could get kinda monotonous ... sounds like they tip you well.

What would you class those number then?

[Coldrider]

I suppose if you work in the post office collecting stamps for people it could get kinda monotonous ... sounds like they tip you well.

What would you class those number then?

out of all the actual dollars in the economy, probably only 30% actually exist as notes.

[mashman]

how many people have the skills to do it? (avoiding the real answer)

Is that really relevant if we live in a society where it doesn't exist? True, it does exist, so a single global printer then? Single Source of truth. Bolted under lock and key. Guarded in a cave in Wales somewhere by a killer rabbit.

[Coldrider]

Is that really relevant if we live in a society where it doesn't exist? True, it does exist, so a single global printer then? Single Source of truth. Bolted under lock and key. Guarded in a cave in Wales somewhere by a killer rabbit.

Financial fortune tellars reckon we will end up with only three world currencies.

[Coldrider]

Actually, would prison labour fit your financial model?, wasn't that how Lada's were made.

[mashman]

out of all the actual dollars in the economy, probably only 30% actually exist as notes.

They are still perceived as dollars by the majority of the public I would have thought?

[mashman]

Financial fortune tellars reckon we will end up with only three world currencies.

Easier to monitor 3 than thousands I suppose. But why not just have 1?

[Coldrider]

Easier to monitor 3 than thousands I suppose. But why not just have 1?

because the logical one is the most openly corrupt.

[mashman]

Actually, would prison labour fit your financial model?, wasn't that how Lada's were made.

Dealing with prisoners, especially financial ones, would be a sticky subject indeed. Best ship them to Oz, it's been done before and noone complained then, heh... All you could do is reassess the "criminals" and release as necessary. I'm sure it would all depend on the crime, as it does at the moment.

Dunno about Lada's or anything that prisoners have ever made. I've heard tell that they make licence plates somewhere, the US i think...

[mashman]

because the logical one is the most openly corrupt.

So for you it's a giant game of monopoly and we're nearly down to 3 players. If that's the case. To what end?