King Midas is the man who can turn anything he touches into gold. He has been used several times to illustrate a few basic principles about money(with the extra assumption being that during his time, gold=money. For this story, we can additionally ignore international trade just to make life easier). First, he was introduced to… Continue reading Wise King Midas:80% of Macroeconomics in One Story
Author: Titus Alexander
The Tale of Rather Foolish King Midas
King Midas is the King from Greek mythology who had the gift to turn anything he touched into gold. In the story of slightly wiser King Midas he gains the ability to control which things turn into gold and which things do not. This was used to illustrate that real goods, not money (in this… Continue reading The Tale of Rather Foolish King Midas
The Last Wilderness III: Planet Graggazzit and its “People”
Planet Graggazzit, as previously stated, is a terrarium world, its native intelligent race, the Glorbs not well suited for the types of control the Malflorians implement on their development worlds (pet worlds). As one side is bathed in constant light of its star and the other constant darkness, it is a planet much less averaged… Continue reading The Last Wilderness III: Planet Graggazzit and its “People”
The Last Wilderness II: A Brief Adventure
I have now spent my first day and have much already to tell. The day, of course, being of earth duration as told by my trusty Swiss mechanical watch stolen off the wrist at a cocktail party and replaced with one of superior alien make. Due to the orbit and rotation speed of the planet… Continue reading The Last Wilderness II: A Brief Adventure
The Last Wilderness I: Hello and Goodbye
And so it was the illustrious race of man found themselves as pets. I was in college at the time. Really you would be amazed at how little of a drama it was. They arrived in advance of their light stream hitting earth. World Governments were caught with their pants down, not that it mattered… Continue reading The Last Wilderness I: Hello and Goodbye
Meditations: Part One
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive.” I woke up in a pile of corpses. My eyes clenched shut, the room perfectly silent. Only my more visceral senses were activated. Sputtering on fetid blood, I tried to break free of the vice of cold flesh, the… Continue reading Meditations: Part One
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It was a hot summer's day. The shadows had grown short, the perfect time to acquire vitamin D from the sun's rays.I took my laptop in my bag, walking to the nearby park, doing my best to stay in the bits of road and path dappled in the sun's rays, passing parasols as I went.I… Continue reading Jun
I Appear Missing
The two sat across from each other, teapot between them, a cup in each hand. Brock's countenance was craggy, filled with all the lines one might expect of a map of local rivers and tributaries. Caleb's skin was smooth. His childlike face held a relaxed, open expression. They were the same age. "And that is… Continue reading I Appear Missing
Cafe at the End of the Stars
She was late again, as always, something at least was constant in this universe. The city bustled with a hodgepodge of fashion, each person, saw the city differently and dressed accordingly. Victorian, modern, Hadash, a few even wearing togas. Laith was wearing a pair of comfortable red pants with an exceedingly soft dark blue shirt.… Continue reading Cafe at the End of the Stars
Alexander and the Impossible Murder
Alexander cursed his decision to get rid of the curtains. The sun was a harsh alarm clock for a man with a pounding head. He crawled under the covers, but it was to no avail. He was awake. He took out a jar of pickles and poured some of the brine into a glass of… Continue reading Alexander and the Impossible Murder
Homo Economicish 