PyropusSquantscale

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World Without a Stock Market (self.fullyautomatedrpg)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by PyropusSquantscale to c/fullyautomatedrpg
 

decided to do some research on a world without stock markets, maybe these articles would be useful to FA's world, which bans making money from money

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-stocks-didnt-exist-john-m-paul-aif- this deals with the history of investing and argues futures markets would exist even without a stock market

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/what-if-the-stock-market-didn-t-exist-2637105 this is a capitalist argument for the stock market but may detail potential issues to be worked around (low key hilarious that it laments the loss of walmart in such a world)

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/what-if-there-was-no-stock-market.260638/ a forum debate about the stock market which mentions alternative financial systems. alludes to the public goods game (libraries) and co-ops in a lot of ways.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/stock-markets-no-longer-fit-purpose this points out the flaws in the stock market and also mentions a field guide to regenerative economies, though said field guide was created by something called "The Capital Institute", so idk http://fieldguide.capitalinstitute.org/evergreen-direct-investing.html

this describes a market socialist economy that may be a stepping stone to FA's communism or a satisfactory state on its own (assuming proper governance mechanisms) https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialDemocracy/comments/olqi4a/are_there_economic_problems_with_locally_owned/

[–] PyropusSquantscale 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Braindance if braindance tech isn't already a thing, it could be an awesome adventure plot point

[–] PyropusSquantscale 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think The Naked Pirates need to be explored more. To me, the idea of a world that doesn't need secrets is a very attractive one, and a villain that attempts to achieve that goal through privacy violations is fascinating. Adventure could explore the reasons people keep secrets and how isolating having such secrets can be. I also think that NostroCramo should be a group of Faithless Reality Syndrome sufferers who want to escape the simulation--an unintended side effect of the drastic increase of the use of VR in society.

[–] PyropusSquantscale 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Really like the first one in particular