Originally posted by Rasunda
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(if anyone has had even a basic econ class they'd know the important role money plays in our capitalist economies*)
Basically, it would simply be unfeasible to move to a planned (moneyless) economy right now because it requires a massive administration, not to mention it is also less efficient at developing wealth (look at economic output statistics that have been retro-actively made up for the Soviet Union and the United States). Money effectively self-organizes rebuilding, so that no "department" needs to concern itself with for-example rebuilding individual houses. i.e.: more macro decisions can be taken, and there is little need for micromanagement (except for super important projects like the new SGC)
I would ofcourse very much like a detailed analysis of the economic situation on Earth right now. Like, were companies allowed to at least function partially during Der'kal oppression? Did disbanded companies try to get themselves together again after the victory over the Der'kal?
But I realize the author probably has more important and (for him and everyone else) more interesting things to write about, so I'm just going to assume that the economic recovery is going as expected, not too fast, not too slow.
Oh, and I was also wondering: the Asgard tech we inherited could probably be used to get our manufacturing capability up to par at an accelerated rate, not to mention a clean slate for training our scientists and engineers with more advanced methods. (hey, if the Tollan ditched Quantum Mechanics, so did the Asgard)
Keep up the good work!
* And make no mistake, there are almost no communist economies in the world today, and the one I can think of (Cuba) isn't doing very well indeed.
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