Re: Government/society in post-scarcity interstellar environments

Eivind Kjorstad wrote:
Quadibloc skreiv:
Eivind Kjorstad wrote:
First, the
price of land has gone up radically. Logical, because we're not making
any more of it.

Not logical at all, unless population is growing.

It is.

But even if it wasn't -- aslong as *wealth* grows among those desiring
use of the land, the price is likely to follow.

Think about it. If you can't understand why, really, the fault is with
your reasonining, not with my logic.

Oh, yes: if the economic activity stimulated by people selling each
other Britney Spears records leads to more money in circulation, you
will need more of this money to buy land. That I can understand, as
it's part of my argument.

John Savard

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