[net.games.emp] Making Money

sjb (09/01/82)

Concerning turning gold dust into bars:  This is almost useless.
For one thing, bars of gold (as far as banks are concerned) are
are practically useless themselves; they generate far too little
interest to be worth keeping around (however, this can, and has
in some cases, been changed)  Selling gold, as Steve Bellovin
said, in either form is not wise.  Gold disappears much to quickly
to sell it (I just reduced a sector gold assay from ~100 to 8
in a day and a half; it was 100% efficient with 500 people),
and for people on small islands, it is essential to get every flake.

dudek (09/08/82)

  I disagree that bars of gold "generate far too little interest
to be worth keeping around."  At least one country in our current game has g
gotten quite rich by stuffing gold into the bank consistently.
Maybe your interest rate should be increased to keep up
with inflation.