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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by snarfy on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:15AM (#17344417)
Generally, you exchange wealth for goods made from natural resources.

If half the wealth is tied up in 8 people who could not possibly spend it, what do you think would happen to the earth's natural resources if it were suddenly dumped on the bottom 3 billion? It would be a huge boon to the economy at first, until we burnt through every resource.

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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by nickthemagicman on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:56AM (#17345735)
What does that even mean? Are you saying that once money is spent it's gone forever?
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