Re: Wealth

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:32:50 -0000

> ... and if its a good year, and the yearling were frisky, the
> proportional value of a cow will drop, which implies that your
table
> of wealth needs to be recalculated to take inflation and the like
> into account.

No, not at all. The narrator simply has to show a little common sense, and not be so hidebound to a table as you insist we be.

>Or perhaps, this valley is renowned for horse breeding
> and so the value of horses, on the basis of supply and demand, is
> lower, which would mean these people assess the wealth of others
> differently and negotiate accordingly, which implies you need to
> rewrite the table to reflect the locla market conditions... etc etc
> ad infinitum absurdam.

These complaints continue ad nauseam - like I said before, if you don't like it, don't read it.

Wulf

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