Timeline for If our monetary system (stocks, bonds, banks, etc.) suddenly collapsed, would humanity survive? [closed]
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 22:31 | comment | added | Vincent | one way to narrow the question could be to ask : in 2007-2008 what could have happened if the governments had not injected billions of Dollars/Euros to save the banking system ? I think it's OK since there is no economy SE. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | Peteris | One thing that is completely implausible is a community without such systems - communities very, very quickly create new basic systems that then evolve afterwards, starting with barter economies but very rapidly including also debt, interest, collateral, etc. The question is not about transitioning from 'a system' to 'no system' but a chaotic transition between two different systems. There are real world history examples - hyperinflation (Weimar republic, some war economies, Zimbabwe, etc) and of isolated economic systems - e.g. gulag/prison situations. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:42 | history | closed |
Liath Vandroiy DonyorM overactor Vincent |
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:41 | answer | added | user772 | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:31 | comment | added | user | I think most people should be able to find questions on this site that they are able to answer well enough to earn 2-3 upvotes on. Having reached that level, the original question can be revisited and for example a chat discussion be had about how to best phrase it to get the answers the OP seeks. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:26 | comment | added | user | @Liath Unfortunately, meta requires 5 rep. For the completely new users, I'm not sure there is any good place other than using comments to try to flesh out the question, or encourage them to post good answers elsewhere. Getting two answer upvotes is sufficient for access to chat as well as unlocking many other site features, and shouldn't be terribly hard to get. The purpose of the lower rep limits is mainly to keep out the worst spam. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:14 | comment | added | Liath | @MichaelKjörling ah, I hadn't realised that - meta? Where's the best place to direct people for additional help? | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:04 | comment | added | user | @Liath While a good point in general, not really helpful in this specific case as chat requires 20 rep. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:45 | comment | added | DonyorM | @AryamanArora even if you delete this now, feel free to come back and have another try at it later. We always love new questions. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:44 | comment | added | Liath | @AryamanArora head into the Chat room chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/17213 there's usually a few people in there more than happy to help you shape your question :) (sorry I'm not - I'm a little busy at the moment) | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:43 | history | edited | DonyorM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:28 | comment | added | user2790 | Errrr, never mind, I guess I'll delete this. This is way to broad and confusing. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:21 | comment | added | Vandroiy | Err. The question is now completely different from the original. Maybe figure out what exactly the question is first? (The old question was underdefined: would there be no state money, or a system that forbids money? The latter would be hard to define. To the new question, the answer is obviously yes. Humanity can recover from pretty destructive crises. But it too is underdefined, as it is unclear where exactly the monetary system "ends") | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:21 | comment | added | Pavel Janicek | To answer your edited question: Yes. And it already happened. Try to read articles about "The Great Depression" | |
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:16 | comment | added | user2790 | I edited it @Liath. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:15 | history | edited | user2790 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:13 | comment | added | user2790 | @PavelJanicek Oh, xkcd is funny. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:12 | comment | added | Pavel Janicek | And also, while being from former Eastern Europe, I have to drop you also this link to read on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:09 | comment | added | Pavel Janicek | related for you to read ;) what-if.xkcd.com/118 | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:08 | comment | added | Liath | Sounds sensible - I'm trying to guide you towards rephrasing your question so it can be answered in a sensible sized answer. As it stands it would take a huge amount of writing and speculation to respond worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:04 | comment | added | user2790 | @Liath Hmmm...I suppose there would some sort of governmental checks and balances? The more work (or the more important your work is) you do, the more you receive. | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 14:03 | comment | added | Liath | While this is a really interesting question I think it's too broad "describe the world without money"... can you try to narrow it down? For example how would people acquire food? How would society ensure people didn't get more than their fair share of luxuries? | |
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 13:59 | history | asked | user2790 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |