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On the effects of a country near-completely isolating itself due to neutrality

If you've got resource poor North and South separated by a Mediterranean, your resource rich Superpower would want to supply both sides with raw goods to fuel their own economy. …
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Wizards as Currency

Bottom line: you're taking about a barter economy. That works. Our current monetary system is a fiat of exactly that: what people produce in the economy. …
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How to control alcohol consumption in my country?

(I guess since I got the comment upvotes I'll post it as an answer...) Look at studies of Portugal and its decriminalization of hard drugs. Far better than anything we've found so far is the institut …
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Implications of world where anything that can be made digital is free

Basically, we've already got a lot of that going now. Between Youtube, Soundcloud, Blogger, Wordpress, Vimeo, etc. there is more digital culture being produced than ever before WITHOUT MONEY NEEDING …
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Can humans interact meaningfully with the economy when robots are better at everything?

To add to all of this: We already have machines that can outrun us, out-bowl us, and outthink us, but we still have competitions for running, bowling, and chess. Heck, they can even play some music …
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What would be the development of the most valuable, irreplaceable food trade goods in a post...

Quality alcohol is probably one of the most important commodities you'd find in a post-apocalyptic barter economy. Why? Without large-scale water filtration systems in place, it's safer than water. …
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