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To: DUMBGRUNT

You put a gold asteroid in orbit to mine. The price of gold plummets


2 posted on 08/03/2019 2:28:27 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Your messin’ with the author’s premise!


3 posted on 08/03/2019 2:38:32 PM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: Vaquero

You put a gold asteroid in orbit to mine. The price of gold plummets

An old discredited economist maintained that the value of an item is determined by the labor to produce it.
I believe he was correct in this case.

It would require massive amounts of labor to produce the tools needed to recover extratrstial gold.


5 posted on 08/03/2019 2:50:46 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: Vaquero

Asteroid mining is about the only part of space exploration that makes Sence. Mining and satalites for offense and defense to protect American interest.


6 posted on 08/03/2019 3:14:08 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Vaquero; SunkenCiv

“You put a gold asteroid in orbit to mine. The price of gold plummets”


“Four People Who Single-handedly Caused Economic Crises”
https://smartasset.com/insights/four-people-who-singlehandedly-caused-economic-crises

Mansa Musa is there along w/ Charles Ponzi, Nero and Jay Gould.

Funny thing about Musa is that, while this article states that he inadvertently caused tremendous inflation by dropping so much gold into Egypt & the MidEast, it doesn’t note that at the same time he enriched Italian traders who operated beyond the inflationary impact.

The dude may well have created modern Europe, lol.

SunkenCiv, you may have fun w/ this one.


9 posted on 08/03/2019 3:43:45 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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