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[oxford-garments]

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[elalmadelmar]

Ultimately, I think the core, unavoidable, unmanageable problem with crypto is that the goal that was articulated for it and the way it actually got used were irreconcilable.

The articulated goal was for it to be a currency -- something primarily used to facilitate transactions involving goods and services. Before it got big and public and hyped up, that's how it mostly was used. Whether that's a good thing is up to you and your priorities, but the point is, there are certain traits that make something a viable form of currency.

However, the hype bubble around crypto was all based in it being an investment vehicle -- something primarily bought and sold using a (different) currency as a form of growing one's overall wealth.

These are fundamentally mutually exclusive. There's a reason that people who invest in other currencies and make money on the changes of exchange rate operate on razor-thin margins. A good currency is one that keeps a fairly stable value relative to other currencies and to its buying power. Notice how inflation (change in buying power) over 4% a year starts setting off serious panic. Conversely, an investment vehicle with a 4% value movement over the course of a year would be considered deeply conservative and cautious. These aren't compatible!

And that's the downfall of crypto. If it's an investment vehicle, then its only meaningful function is to change value as denominated in other currencies. If it's a currency in competition with government fiat currencies, then its meaningful function is to hold a stabe value so that pricing can be set for the various goods and services that are bought and sold with it.

Or more simply: there's a reason you don't pay for your haircut using stocks.

[artbusiness5]

Forex Trading

Forex trading, or foreign exchange trading, involves buying and selling currencies to profit from changes in exchange rates. Here’s a detailed guide to get you started:

1. Understanding Forex Trading

Currency Pairs: Forex trading always involves trading one currency for another. Currencies are quoted in pairs (e.g., EUR/USD, GBP/JPY). The first currency is the base currency, and the second is the quote currency.

Pips: The smallest unit of movement in a currency pair’s exchange rate. For most pairs, a pip is 0.0001.

Leverage: Allows you to control a large position with a relatively small amount of money. While leverage can amplify profits, it also increases risk.

2. Setting Up Your Forex Trading

Choose a Reliable Broker: Select a forex broker that offers a user-friendly trading platform, competitive spreads, and good customer service. Look for brokers with a solid reputation and proper regulatory oversight (e.g., regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)).

Open a Trading Account: After selecting a broker, open a trading account. Many brokers offer demo accounts where you can practice trading without real money.

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Overleveraging: Using high leverage can lead to significant losses. Start with lower leverage until you gain more experience.

Emotional Trading: Avoid making decisions based on emotions. Stick to your trading plan and strategy.

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[rocksibblingsau]

Hey! I wanted to ask if you had any ideas on currency for rock and pop trolls. (I think pop trolls would be the type to exchange services on goods while rock trolls have some form of money)

Also sorry you’re going through writers block :(, hope you get through it soon!

Currency is the bane of my existence because trolls apparently must have some sort of currency because Rosiepuff 'plays for the money'. I do enjoy them having a barter system for some things, though their market seems to have reached a level of industrialization in The Beat Goes On/Trollstopia (Having factories and fast fashion) that would likely be a little difficult to manage. One example is Smidge's stoutberry juice business. It pops up and the crowd moves so fast on it that I imagine having to barter for a single glass of juice for every person would be a bit more difficult than bartering for weekly groceries. We don't see her exchanging it for anything in the episode but she does explicitly refer to it as a 'business' that would be jeopardized by competition, so she is gaining something from it.

I also think 'favors' would make things a bit difficult especially during their time at the troll tree. Imagine making a huge deal only for them to get eaten before you can collect.

A friend of mine has them using jellybeans as currency, which I find on brand and hilarious.

Honestly I could see Pop Trolls having 'money' but it works a bit differently. Money is paper based and anyone can make it at any point they wish. On it, rather than numbers or pictures of troll-ified presidents is nice words. Everyone has different takes on it and the more heartfelt the words written on it increases its value. This would mean you couldn't just mass produce it, because it wouldn't be heartfelt and so it wouldn't be worth much.

Since they're personalized, unlike our money you can't take the money you were just given and use it to pay someone else. As you can imagine you'd be buried in 'money' fast so that's what the bank would be for. Holding on to all your lovely money so you could read it any time.

I also imagine that this would be why canon Branch would want to harvest his own supplies so much! He never made his own 'money' and at the time there likely wouldn't have been anyone who would have accepted it because it wouldn't have seemed sincere. After his colors came back I imagine he made some and was a bit worried if it would be worth anything, but every time he used it everyone could tell it was worth a lot because he put a lot of effort into trying it, so most places gave him extras of whatever he was trying to buy.

These would have definitely been popular during their time under Trollstice. A perfect pick me up to sit and read over all the kind notes!

Rock Trolls I could see having a money system closer to ours, as they're a LOT more industrialized than TBGO Pop Trolls and we know they have some sort of 'pay' concept since Barb tells Riff "I don't pay you to hear."

Since Riff replies that he's not being paid, he's doing it for college credits, it would also imply that they don't have a barter system, as doing it for college credits would be virtually the same as receiving a 'favor' so there would be no reason to clarify that.

The only difference is I imagine their economy isn't in shambles. Riff isn't buried in student loans.

Of all the tribes to most likely exchange favors, I could see it being Country.

The intermingling of tribes would probably create the need for a standard currency or exchange rate, as I can imagine Rock Trolls don't want glittery notes as payment. Honestly I could see the Funk Trolls coming up with some sort of conversion system so that among your own tribe you could keep your standard money or go to a Funk bank and swap in so you can visit Symphonyville and not have to do any extra math.

TY for the well wishes and the fun question! I had a lot of fun turning this over in my head.

[quickpay1]

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[bitegore]

For the OC situation game:

Velan -

3. Your OC unexpectedly wins a prize in a competition or quiz (ideally in a situation where it has tax implications. Actually I would also like this one for Haven)

20. Your OC loses something important to a partner or close friend - perhaps something of great sentimental value or simply very expensive.

35. Your OC finds a lost child in the marketplace or commercial district.

Erica -

32. Your OC is being lectured, or possibly even scolded, by someone in a position of authority. (and here we mean authority in the sense of your universe; someone who can do her real damage if offended but may be bound by specific rules)

44. Your OC is called upon to recount an embarrassing or comic incident in which they have been involved.

50. Your OC finds something they though had been lost forever long ago - perhaps a letter from a friend, a picture of a family member or a souvenir of a even many years before.

H'zar -

8. Your OC is handed a baby to hold whilst their parent attends to an emergency. (pretty sure the answer will not be good, but I want to know how)

31. Your OC wakes up with a thumping headache and no clear memories of what happened the night before.

44. Your OC is called upon to recount an embarrassing or comic incident in which they have been involved.

(There's a lot there, so feel free to pick and choose if you don't fancy them all...)

I'll put this one under a cut because it's pretty long. Even just answering the first question is like a full page length lol.

3. Velan unexpectedly wins a prize in a competition or quiz (ideally in a situation where it has tax implications.)

So, Velan wins the lottery? LOL

Objectively, though, the first thing she does is open a new bank account in a relatively large polity somewhere in the central-west with a favorable tax policy that she does not do business in. She has the winnings put in the name of - if she won it has to be her name, doesn't it? Only her name, though, instead of a more traditional shared account. This is relatively unusual for her - usually she gives that money directly to people who will hold onto it for her without necessarily tracking it super closely - but the point here is to have reciepts, and to have those reciepts outside the hands of either empire directly because financial holdings in one empire have high import/exchange fees in the other - it's easier to exchange them from a third currency that has better exchange rates with both, even if they're not necessarily the ideal ones. She also makes sure to get a good interest rate so it appears like she means this to be a serious bank account, even though she plans to empty it as soon as possible.

Next, she spends whatever amount of it is necessary to get herself out of the Ever-burning Commonwealth tax bracket she's suddenly pushed the clan into, because the EBC's non-resident tax brackets are more unforgiving and broader, and focusing on the Eastern Dominance is less necessary - probably in materials and infrastructure - and writes them off as business expenses. To do that, she also goes to the EBC and spends them in legally-trackable ways in the EBC instead of out, because there are better tax breaks for in-country spending. (The EBC is one of the two big empires, and the Eastern Dominance is the other. They are in a sort of financial/proxy-based cold war at the moment.)

Then Velan makes a mid-sized charitable donation to the train-line expansion fund (a public service in the EBC), which is both another decent tax credit and something completely explicable as motivated by self-interest.

She invests the rest in... I really need to decide what I'm doing with the investment market in the Closerverse, because I like the idea of a stock market but I keep changing my mind on how it works. Nonetheless, there is some sort of speculative investments market, and she's putting the rest into it, across exclusively central-southeast and south-central-desert polities that can be (generally, anyway) relied upon to report haphazardly back to the empires and which have poorer investment markets, because she's going to launder that money into the pockets of her clan without reporting it as anything but losses on the market.

She has to pay six months' worth of doubled taxes in the EBC even with tax breaks, and a year's worth of taxes at a 35% increase in the Eastern Dominance, but that's fine. Investment in tools and materials goes further than hard cash for the most part, and she is getting that money back.

Lastly, she has to hunt down whoever entered her into that competiton, quiz, or lottery in the first place, because she has spent a lot of time keeping a deliberately low profile and if that gets jeopardized she's not the only person in danger, so she needs to impress upon them exactly what a bad fucking move that was. At which point they'll point out that she's doing all this unnecessary tax fraud, probably, and Velan will explain that those are different things, because the people who will end up investigating Velan for tax fraud aren't the same people as the ones who will come kill her and several other people in the clan if they find out she or they are alive. Really awkward conversation for whoever that was.

20. Velan loses something important to a partner or close friend - perhaps something of great sentimental value or simply very expensive.

Not unlikely, and it's happened before. Velan travels a lot. She's also had to own up to worse things, and has become - not comfortable, exactly, but familiar with the process of explaining a mistake and finding solutions. She tells them as soon as she finds out, and then offers to either try to look for it or replace it.

Expensive goods are much easier to deal with - Velan is connected with pirates, who are connected with other pirates and thieves. She's also capable of (basically) teleporting. She can just steal it. Not the ideal thing, but some obligations (says Velan) transcend laws.

Sentimental items... well, Velan will go back to where she thinks they might have lost it and look. No guarantees, though, and there are more important things to do. She can't spend more than a few days on it. Most of the time, people understand.

35. Velan finds a lost child in the marketplace or commercial district.

Velan takes taking care of kids very seriously. She would... well, actually, first things first, she'd make sure the kid had eaten and drank something in the last three hours, and if they hadn't, she'd send one of her clanmates to go buy them like a small meal and a large drink (Velan is a big proponent of hydration). She'd send a handful - probably 3-5 people - to go find out if anyone has heard about someone missing a kid. And, if Velan is there and she hasn't sent a Sylath while staying back to handle her stuff at the camp, it's not a shopping trip, but Velan helping run a stall where they're selling clothing - Velan is a tailor and clothier - and metal goods. So in the meantime she'd bring the kid back to the stall and have them sit there in the shade/warmth until they find the kid's parents.

Presumably they do. If they don't, Velan is just going to take this kid home and keep them. They're a small clan, they have room to take in a few extra faces. And she really does take this one seriously.

3. Haven unexpectedly wins a prize in a competition or quiz.

First he's surprised, because if he didn't expect it, he didn't cheat. Then he's very smug, because he didn't cheat and he still won. Then - if it's not first place - he gets offended, and resolves to cheat next time.

Then he brags for the next three months anyway.

32. Erica is being lectured, or possibly even scolded, by someone in a position of authority. (and here we mean authority in the sense of your universe; someone who can do her real damage if offended but may be bound by specific rules)

Erica is very contrite. She understands exactly what the problem is, and sees why it was definitely her fault, and she'll fix her behavior immediately (she says). She'll even take initiative to make sure her next chance to do the same thing is handled correctly (she says). She certainly is never caught for the same problem twice.

Internally, she is keeping a ledger of every time they "insult" her (all the way through to "you did this wrong" if she thinks she didn't) and resolving to get even for it. One day. When she can do them real damage instead. She isn't bound by specific rules, after all - and if she is, she disregards them when she can get away with it!)

44. Erica is called upon to recount an embarrassing or comic incident in which she has been involved.

Depends who by and what kind of incident. if she has to maintain a relationship with them and they haven't offered her insult, or she has to play "nice" for want of consequences, she'll just do it, and play up whatever reaction she thinks they're looking for - usually good cheer, sometimes mild humiliation. With Haven specifically (instigator supreme), half the time the reaction he's looking for is anger, so she'll let her frustration and annoyance show, but definitely not with anyone else.

if she doesn't have to do any of that, she's very cool about, like. Not engaging with the question and turning it around on them. "You want to hear about me? That's interesting, considering you --" and then she picks something she thinks will bother them worse than whatever it is that bothers her.

If it's a funny story and she doesn't think it reflects badly on her and she can do whatever, she might just recount it; it depends on whether or not she's in a good mood.

50. Erica finds something she thought had been lost forever long ago - perhaps a letter from a friend, a picture of a family member or a souvenir of a even many years before.

I have no idea. She's singularly unsentimental. I think she'd just throw it out. She has her own memory for that, after all.

If it's a useful item, though, she'll keep it and use it. But a letter or a photo, or a souvenir... she's not keeping it. Knicknacks are for other people.

8. H'zar is handed a baby to hold whilst their parent attends to an emergency.

This is a question of disposability. Who is the parent? Do they matter? Are they in public, with people who matter? Does the situation matter?

H'zar is quite charming in public when he thinks he's around people whose opinions might have an impact on his career. In which case, absolutely no harm will befall the baby and he'll probably offer his most sincere assistance with the emergency at hand.

If not... well, who's to say. If he's in a hurry he hands it back. if he's in a bad mood he hands it to some random person in the room. If he has a grudge against the parent that baby is going in a garbage can somewhere and he's not telling anyone where. Or maybe he'll just hang onto it and give it back, normal as anything. Entirely depends on what the mood he's in is.

31. H'zar wakes up with a thumping headache and no clear memories of what happened the night before.

Okay. Imagine TF: One Sentinel Prime. He'd call Airachnid and ask, right? H'zar is calling his personal aide and asking if they have any idea what happened and if there will be any political ramifications, and if there are, to write them up and send them to him to look at. And then he's ordering a bunch of Space Ibuprofen and taking a nap.

This is not exactly a familiar situation for H'zar but it's sure as hell not that unfamiliar, either. What's the point of getting Ultimate Power if you can't throw your power around to get into private clubs and bars and do specialty Space Cocaine with extremely rich assholes? Says H'zar, anyway.

44. H'zar is called upon to recount an embarrassing or comic incident in which they have been involved.

Again: by who? Are they disposable? Because they're getting held at gunpoint. Are they not? He plays along just fine, and doesn't even really mind. it's different when it's a "real" person.

Well, actually, now that I think about it, he might be offended if it's an alien from a species he doesn't like even if they aren't disposable... he'd still bite his tongue and play nice, though.

[xettle-technologies]

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[trump-executive-orders]

America First Trade Policy

Issued January 20, 2025.

Section 1. Background. In 2017, my Administration pursued trade and economic policies that put the American economy, the American worker, and our national security first. This spurred an American revitalization marked by stable supply chains, massive economic growth, historically low inflation, a substantial increase in real wages and real median household wealth, and a path toward eliminating destructive trade deficits.

My Administration treated trade policy as a critical component to national security and reduced our Nation's dependence on other countries to meet our key security needs.

Americans benefit from and deserve an America First trade policy. Therefore, I am establishing a robust and reinvigorated trade policy that promotes investment and productivity, enhances our Nation's industrial and technological advantages, defends our economic and national security, and -- above all -- benefits American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, and businesses.

Sec. 2. Addressing Unfair and Unbalanced Trade. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative, shall investigate the cause of our country's large and persistent annual trade deficits in goods, as well as the economic and national security implications and risks resulting from such deficits, and recommend appropriate measures, such as a global supplemental tariff or other policies, to remedy such deficits.

(b) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall investigate the feasibility of Establishing and recommend the best methods for designing, building, and implementing an External Revenue Service (ERS) to collect tariffs, duties, and other foreign trade-related revenues.

(c) The United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, shall undertake a review of, and identify, any unfair trade practices by other countries and recommend appropriate actions to remedy such practices under applicable authorities, including, but not limited to, the Constitution of the United States; sections 71 through 75 of title 15, United States Code; sections 1337, 1338, 2252, 2253, and 2411 of title 19, United States Code; section 1701 of title 50, United States Code; and trade agreement implementing acts.

(d) The United States Trade Representative shall commence the public consultation process set out in section 4611(b) of title 19, United States Code, with respect to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in preparation for the July 2026 review of the USMCA. Additionally, the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the heads of other relevant executive departments and agencies, shall assess the impact of the USMCA on American workers, farmers, ranchers, service providers, and other businesses and make recommendations regarding the United States' participation in the agreement. The United States Trade Representative shall also report to appropriate congressional committees on the operation of the USMCA and related matters consistent with section 4611(b) of title 19, United States Code.

(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall review and assess the policies and practices of major United States trading partners with respect to the rate of exchange between their currencies and the United States dollar pursuant to section 4421 of title 19, United States Code, and section 5305 of title 22, United States Code. The Secretary of the Treasury shall recommend appropriate measures to counter currency manipulation or misalignment that prevents effective balance of payments adjustments or that provides trading partners with an unfair competitive advantage in international trade, and shall identify any countries that he believes should be designated as currency manipulators.

(f) The United States Trade Representative shall review existing United States trade agreements and sectoral trade agreements and recommend any revisions that may be necessary or appropriate to achieve or maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to free trade agreement partner countries.

(g) The United States Trade Representative shall identify countries with which the United States can negotiate agreement on a bilateral or sector-specific basis to obtain export market access for American workers, farmers, ranchers, service providers, and other businesses and shall make recommendations regarding such potential agreements.

(h) The Secretary of Commerce shall review policies and regulations regarding the application of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) laws, including with regard to transnational subsidies, cost adjustments, affiliations, and "zeroing." Further, the Secretary of Commerce shall review procedures for conducting verifications pursuant to section 1677m of title 19, United States Code, and assess whether these procedures sufficiently induce compliance by foreign respondents and governments involved in AD/CVD proceedings. The Secretary of Commerce shall consider modifications to these procedures, as appropriate.

(i) The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall assess the loss of tariff revenues and the risks from importing counterfeit products and contraband drugs, e.g., fentanyl, that each result from the current implementation of the $800 or less, duty-free de minimis exemption under section 1321 of title 19, United States Code, and shall recommend modifications as warranted to protect both the revenue of the United States and the public health by preventing unlawful importations.

(j) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, shall investigate whether any foreign country subjects United States citizens or corporations to discriminatory or extraterritorial taxes pursuant to section 891 of title 26, United States Code.

(k) The United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, shall review the impact of all trade agreements -- including the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement -- on the volume of Federal procurement covered by Executive Order 13788 of April 18, 2017 (Buy American and Hire American), and shall make recommendations to ensure that such agreements are being implemented in a manner that favors domestic workers and manufacturers, not foreign nations.

Sec. 3. Economic and Trade Relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC). (a) The United States Trade Representative shall review the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People's Republic of China to determine whether the PRC is acting in accordance with this agreement, and shall recommend appropriate actions to be taken based upon the findings of this review, up to and including the imposition of tariffs or other measures as needed.

(b) The United States Trade Representative shall assess the May 14, 2024, report entitled "Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation" and consider potential additional tariff modifications as needed under section 2411 of title 19, United States Code -- particularly with respect to industrial supply chains and circumvention through third countries, including an updated estimate of the costs imposed by any unfair trade practices identified in such review -- and he shall recommend such actions as are necessary to remediate any issues identified in connection with this process.

(c) The United States Trade Representative shall investigate other acts, policies, and practices by the PRC that may be unreasonable or discriminatory and that may burden or restrict United States commerce, and shall make recommendations regarding appropriate responsive actions, including, but not limited to, actions authorized by section 2411 of title 19, United States Code.

(d) The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative shall assess legislative proposals regarding Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the PRC and make recommendations regarding any proposed changes to such legislative proposals.

(e) The Secretary of Commerce shall assess the status of United States intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks conferred upon PRC persons, and shall make recommendations to ensure reciprocal and balanced treatment of intellectual property rights with the PRC.

Sec. 4. Additional Economic Security Matters. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of any other relevant agencies, shall conduct a full economic and security review of the United States' industrial and manufacturing base to assess whether it is necessary to initiate investigations to adjust imports that threaten the national security of the United States under section 1862 of title 19, United States Code.

(b) The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, and the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, shall review and assess the effectiveness of the exclusions, exemptions, and other import adjustment measures on steel and aluminum under section 1862 of title 19, United States Code, in responding to threats to the national security of the United States, and shall make recommendations based upon the findings of this review.

(c) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with export control authorities, shall review the United States export control system and advise on modifications in light of developments involving strategic adversaries or geopolitical rivals as well as all other relevant national security and global considerations. Specifically, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce shall assess and make recommendations regarding how to maintain, obtain, and enhance our Nation's technological edge and how to identify and eliminate loopholes in existing export controls -- especially those that enable the transfer of strategic goods, software, services, and technology to countries to strategic rivals and their proxies. In addition, they shall assess and make recommendations regarding export control enforcement policies and practices, and enforcement mechanisms to incentivize compliance by foreign countries, including appropriate trade and national security measures.

(d) The Secretary of Commerce shall review and recommend appropriate action with respect to the rulemaking by the Office of Information and Communication Technology and Services (ICTS) on connected vehicles, and shall consider whether controls on ICTS transactions should be expanded to account for additional connected products.

(e) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and, as appropriate, the heads of any other relevant agencies, shall review whether Executive Order 14105 of August 9, 2023 (Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern) should be modified or rescinded and replaced, and assess whether the final rule entitled "Provisions Pertaining to U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern," 89 Fed. Reg. 90398 (November 15, 2024), which implements Executive Order 14105, includes sufficient controls to address national security threats. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make recommendations based upon the findings of this review, including potential modifications to the Outbound Investment Security Program.

(f) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall assess any distorting impact of foreign government financial contributions or subsidies on United States Federal procurement programs and propose guidance, regulations, or legislation to combat such distortion.

(g) The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall assess the unlawful migration and fentanyl flows from Canada, Mexico, the PRC, and any other relevant jurisdictions and recommend appropriate trade and national security measures to resolve that emergency.

Sec. 5. Reports. The results of the reviews and investigations, findings, identifications, and recommendations identified in:

(a) sections 2(a), 2(h), 3(d), 3(e), 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d), and 4(g) shall be delivered to me in a unified report coordinated by the Secretary of Commerce by April 1, 2025;

(b) sections 2(b), 2(e), 2(i), 2(j), and 4(e) shall be delivered to me in a unified report coordinated by the Secretary of the Treasury by April 1, 2025;

(c) sections 2(c), 2(d), 2(f), 2(g), 2(k), 3(a), 3(b), and 3(c) shall be delivered to me in a unified report coordinated by the United States Trade Representative by April 1, 2025; and

(d) section 4(f) shall be delivered to me by the Director of Office of Management and Budget by April 30, 2025.

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

[dailyanarchistposts]

VIII. Emancipation of Credit

Having shown that the voluntary organization of mutual credit is fully practicable; that the medium of exchange would thus be shorn of the difficulties which prevent labor from freely capitalizing products; that the various “banks” thus organized, private or associative, to exercise social functions, by a system of mutual clearance would indefinitely extend credit; that all the difficulties now so easy to conjecture would be solved as they were respectively recognized : – we may now proceed to claim for it the following beneficent results:

1. LABOR THE STANDARD OF VALUE. In demonetizing gold and silver, thus depriving them of the royalty they now exercise among commodities, it would destroy their use as standards of value and leave labor expended, the cost of production, the regulator of value. Value being determined by the proportional relation between products, this relation would no longer be sought in a fluctuating standard but measured by the extent and degree of labor expended and thus establish equity in exchange. Nor need there be a conventional standard agreed upon, for free competition would itself lead to equitable relations by and through experience and equality of opportunities, establishing a just rate measured by the intensity and skill of the exertion and degree of repugnance overcome. The agreement being voluntary, every banking company would find their own interest enhanced through competition in finding and acting upon what might be called this natural value. Prices, like everything else following the line of least resistance, in the absence of artificial conduits would naturally flow into equitable relation with cost of labor, thus giving to exertion its full reward. Inflation of credit could not be greater than the increase of surplus wealth deemed acceptable as security, and no such increase of circulating medium, therefore, could affect prices disastrously, or otherwise, below the standard of labor value, for it would measure it as the thermometer does heat. Nor could contraction raise prices, for in currency as in everything else under freedom supply would follow demand.

2. CESSATION OF INTEREST. It would remove the cause for usury without destroying incentive to production. In taking from capital its ill-gotten usufruct of labor the impetus to the production of wealth, in which all classes would be equally benefited and with no artificial limit to its scope and development, would remain because individual initiative would have greater freedom and fuller opportunities. But under our present boasted “incentives” we find individuality narcotized by divorcing capital from labor, accompanied with exhibitions of paternal care. And this would naturally result without calling in authority to accomplish what it, from its very essence, has always been averse to entertain – liberty. The necessity for exertion remaining, opportunity open to gratify wants and means to capitalize wealth, or even day’s labor, together with increased leisure and the more perfect development of individual aptitudes, is sufficient ground for the firm conviction that the extension of freedom into economic relations would not cause mankind to deteriorate into barbarism as our economic apologists for militancy affect to believe. To thus except Economics from the universally beneficent effect of greater freedom is to impugn evolution itself.

All wealth would in a just sense be available as capital when desired; and freedom prevailing no more could receive acceptance as security than would guarantee such. Every portion of this wealth converted by credit to reproductive purpose would be employed without exploiting one of those who give to products their real value, for labor and capital would be united, the reverse sides of the came exertion.

3. EMANCIPATION OF LABOR. The industrial type of social life could then realize its ideal, wherein plasticity excludes rigidity and order be founded on progress; than [sic] only would industrial emancipation become a fact. The producer would no longer be repressed by the fluctuating demand of a speculative market, nor beguiled by twilight schemes of occupancy of land without access to means for use, but be benefited by every new appliance which tended to reduce the exhaustiveness of toil. The opportunities for labor would increase as its wealth-producing qualities became more equitably shared, and ability to increase it receive no damper from fear that the fruits of exertion would be swallowed up by some device of privilege. In the incentive given to production emulation would be incited, ambition aroused, higher desires created and every element of individuality called into healthful exercise rather than repressed. Economics would no longer assert with Roscher that

“The condition of workmen can be continued good or materially improved only on condition that their number increase less rapidly than the capital destined for its wages.”

Nor follow it with the remark:

“Much especially depends upon their foresight and self-control as regards bringing children into the world. Without this latter virtue even the favorable circumstances would be soon trifled away!”

On the contrary, the toiler instead of remaining a hireling in the industrial forces, would not only have every manly faculty aroused, but every opportunity given through increased demand and fuller reward to rise to independence. While free land has been posited as the first element, because land is the source of all wealth, it is now evident that access to vacant land alone would not emancipate labor. As in the realm of biology the higher we rise in the scale of being the more complex functions become, so in Economics we find social functions much more complex in exchange than in land tenure. Waiving discussion whether abolition should precede from the simple to the complex to facilitate normal growth, it may be easily shown, if not already seen, that the monopoly of exchange involving the whole domain of distribution has a much more depressing influence upon the realization of the industrial type than land monopoly. Monopoly of credit carries with it privileged capital, extortion of interest, the struggle for profits, the greater part of the necessity for taxation and the prime cause for labor exploitation. With abolition of privilege here the desire to monopolize land would be curtailed. Bonanza estates are valueless to their holders save as restriction of access to capital drives needy labor to sell itself thereon. Even if emancipation here had no reflex action upon land holding, inability now possessed by capital to exploit would render land held for other than useful purposes a most undesirable investment. The difference is as great as between broad daylight and hazy twilight.

Social wealth and prosperity would then be attained, and by the only way it ever can be, by the wealth and prosperity of the individuals who together constitute society. The “Dismal Science” would no longer compute averages to show that in the prosperity of some an average well-being results, but in the incentive given to exertion, in the ever-widening circle of wants that freedom can alone call forth, betake itself to computations on the possibilities of a civilization founded on “ the greatest good to” ALL, instead of being the philosophy of speculation upon human misfortune and misery, and the art of expounding existing temporary relations as natural laws.

Finally, in the words of Col. Greene:

“The existing bank reproduces the aristocratic organizations; it has its Spartan element of privileged stockholders, its Laconian element of obsequious speculators, etc., on the outside a multitude of Helots who are excluded from its advantages. Answer us, reader: If we were able at this time to bring forward the existing banking system as a new thing, and should recommend its adoption, would you not laugh in our face and characterize our proposition ridiculous? Yet the existing system has an actual and practical being in spite of all its imperfections; nay, more, it is the ruling element of the present civilization of the Christian world; it has substituted itself, or is now substituting itself, in the place of monarchies and nobilities. Who is the noble of the present day, if not a man who lends on interest? Who is the emperor if not Rothschild? Now, if the present system of banking is capable of existence, how much more capable of actual existence is the system of mutual banking? Mutual banking combines all the good elements of the method now in operation, and is capable of securing a thousand benefits which the present method cannot compass, and is, moreover, free from its disadvantages! ”

[dwcrypto]

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[onlylivingboyinsanmyshuno]

To: Mr. Carmichael, General Manager From: Patrick Crale, Assistant to the Manager Date: November 22, 1912 Subject: Quarterly Report on Import/Export Activities in Brindleton Bay

Introduction:

I am pleased to present the quarterly report on our import and export activities in Brindleton Bay. This report provides an overview of our operations, market trends, challenges, and opportunities observed during the past quarter.

I. Import Activities:

Goods Imported: Key imports included life fruit, alchemy elixirs, and exotic fish.

Major Trading Partners: Our primary import partners were Selvadorada, Sulani, and Henford-on-Bagley.

Challenges: Delays in shipping due to weather conditions and increased tariffs on magical goods.

Opportunities: Potential to expand into new markets, particularly in luxury furniture and rare collectibles.

II. Export Activities:

Goods Exported: Main exports consisted of Brindleton Bay's specialty products such as gourmet pet food, crafted sculptures, paintings, and local nectars.

Major Trading Partners: Primary export destinations were Willow Creek, San Myshuno, and Windenburg.

Challenges: Fluctuating currency exchange rates in Simoleons and competition from local producers in target markets.

Opportunities: Growing demand for Brindleton Bay's artisanal goods and unique cultural products.

III. Financial Overview:

Revenue: Total revenue for the quarter amounted to §1,250,000 Simoleons.

Expenses: Operating expenses, including shipping, tariffs, and labor, totaled §950,000 Simoleons.

Net Profit: The net profit for the quarter was §300,000 Simoleons.

IV. Recommendations:

Diversify Trading Partners: Explore new markets to reduce dependency on existing trading partners.

Invest in Technology: Modernize shipping and inventory management to improve efficiency.

Monitor Regulatory Changes: Stay abreast of international trade regulations and tariffs to mitigate potential risks.

Conclusion:

The past quarter has shown steady growth in both import and export activities in Brindleton Bay. By capitalizing on emerging opportunities and addressing current challenges, we can position ourselves for continued success in the coming months.

Please review the attached detailed financial statements and market analysis for further insights. I am available to discuss the report and our strategic direction at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

Patrick Crale Assistant to the Manager Brindleton Bay Trading Company

(Again, the lot was built by the @antiquatedplumbobs!)

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

That was a weirdly unpleasant episode

Ratio Tile launches into a long elucidation of the social aspects of video games. The phrase "voxel economy" crosses his lips. This is an idiom, a familiar shorthand for the distinctive social world implicit in the design of a given game world. It applies at a level deeper than the usual interpretation of game economics, i.e. the accumulation of currency as a necessary precondition for additional consumption.

The standard list of social norms pertaining to voxel-space management in a given game world is as follows:

A: The system of monetary exchange is private, meaning that the members of an online server are free to communicate using non-traceable currency. The resulting lack of transparency can render the true valuation of any given player's wealth and assets unclear, at any given moment in time, although an experienced player is capable of approximating this valuation using indirect methods.

B: The expected rate of item drop from any given hostile creature depends, in many games, on a player's current gear level — defined as the current level of equipment available to that player. Lower-level players are much less likely to encounter high-level creatures, while higher-level players are incentivized to travel to highly populated or well-defended areas, rather than engaging in lonely wandering.

C: Player-to-player violence, while considered a breach of social norms, remains in many games an intrinsic part of the general game experience. Although fights are sometimes inadvertent, encountering players outside of the formal game world typically leads to a violent confrontation. A large playerbase has its own communities, as distinct from the looser amalgamation of strangers within the game proper. These communities are openly acknowledged and mapped, and fights with members of other communities carry significant symbolic value. The risk of encountering a stranger in the wild, and being challenged to a fight with the other player as a consequence, is one of the major draws of this genre, for many players.

D: Travel between zones in many games is dependent on items called teleport scrolls. They are a kind of currency specific to this genre. The expense of teleporting, usually expressed in terms of in-game wealth, is meant to reflect the difficulty of teleportation in reality. Players in online game communities, however, often establish elaborate barter systems with other players, which allow for much cheaper teleportation.

E: Some games have additional incentives based on a player's current gear level, which include XP-gain and bonus item drop from hostile creatures. Both have strong implications for voxel-space management. A player at a lower level in a given zone would, ideally, remain there until they attain a gear level sufficient for travel to a higher zone. However, two factors negate this incentive structure: firstly, many players are said to be indecisive, or fence-sitters — meaning they are reluctant to travel to a zone of a sufficiently high level in order to maximize their gain. Players at higher levels, especially if they frequently travel, have a strong incentive to visit zones of lower level as a way of acquiring easy XP-gain at low risk, by challenging players of lower levels to fights. It is for this reason that high-level players are encouraged, in some communities, to wear heavily-damaged or outdated gear as a means of luring weaker players into fights that are, in practice, non-competitive. Players thus engage in a highly elaborate ritualized dance, known as the zone dance. The most experienced players use the zone dance to establish informal territorial dominance, which grants them access to highly-desirable loot-zones. Others, including most younger players, are unfamiliar with it and fall prey to it.

F: Accumulating wealth in the form of teleport scrolls is a difficult endeavor, and carries significant risk; most players retain only a portion of their wealth as teleport scrolls, exchanging the rest for other forms of currency or gear. For this reason, most players can only travel between a relatively small number of low-risk zones, after which point they must interact with others to secure additional teleport scrolls, or alternatively, commit to traveling to higher-risk zoens.

G: The density of teleport scrolls obtained from hostile creatures relative to XP-gain grows as the player's gear level increases; at the same time, the probability of hostile creatures weak enough to yield teleport scrolls, and thereby be of value to a player of lower level, drops sharply. This implies a highly asymmetrical distribution of wealth, whereby wealth in the form of teleport scrolls begins to disappear as a player's gear level grows, while wealth in the form of gear increases exponentially.

H: As players advance to higher levels, their expected gains from traveling to lower-level zones begins to vanish. High-level players are advised to visit only highly-populated or well-defended zones — the latter being those where travelers are most likely to encounter large-scale fighting. These zones are associated with numerous dangers: the risk of attack from seasoned warriors (defined as players who are familiar with the zone dance) is inversely proportional to the zone level; in addition, the spatial distribution of teleport scrolls is highly asymmetrical, meaning that low-level zones tend to yield significantly more scrolls than high-level zones, and vice versa.

I: Some players, out of a desire to adhere to the "spirit" of the game, grow "nostalgic" for lower-level zones as they advance to high level, or in order to satisfy a desire for a return to "a more honest way of playing" (which they believe to be a feature of the earlier releases of the games, before more recent alterations in game mechanics).

J: A player at high level will, at some point, find him or herself in a situation where they can only travel to a low-level zone — and vice versa. This process is generally referred to as pumping (voring is a less common term for the same thing).

K: The artifactual nature of the voxels themselves means that there is often a highly asymmetrical distribution of voxels within a zone. Players may find themselves in situations where they are able to acquire a great deal of voxels but cannot transport them beyond a certain distance, owing to the incompleteness of the set of teleport scrolls they currently hold.

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Navigating the Forex Market: A Beginner's Guide to Currency Trading

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In today's interconnected world, the foreign exchange (forex) market stands as the largest and most liquid financial market globally, with a daily trading volume exceeding $6 trillion. As a newcomer to the world of finance, understanding the basics of forex trading can be the first step toward harnessing its potential. In this post, we'll provide an introductory guide to help you navigate the forex market.

What is Forex Trading?

Forex, short for foreign exchange, involves the buying and selling of currencies from different countries. The forex market operates 24 hours a day, five days a week, due to the global nature of currency trading. It serves various purposes, from facilitating international trade to allowing investors to speculate on currency price movements.

Key Players in the Forex Market

Central Banks: Central banks, such as the Federal Reserve (Fed) in the United States and the European Central Bank (ECB), play a significant role in the forex market by setting interest rates and implementing monetary policies that impact currency values.

Commercial Banks: Commercial banks participate in forex trading on behalf of their clients and themselves, serving as major liquidity providers in the market.

Hedge Funds and Investment Firms: Large financial institutions and hedge funds engage in forex trading to diversify their portfolios and capitalize on price fluctuations.

Retail Traders: Individual traders like you and me participate in the forex market through online trading platforms provided by brokers.

Currency Pairs

In forex trading, currencies are quoted in pairs, where one currency is exchanged for another. The first currency in the pair is the base currency, and the second is the quote currency. The exchange rate reflects how much of the quote currency is needed to purchase one unit of the base currency. For example, in the EUR/USD pair, the EUR is the base currency, and the USD is the quote currency. If the EUR/USD exchange rate is 1.20, it means 1 Euro can buy 1.20 US Dollars.

How Forex Trading Works

Forex trading involves speculating on whether a currency pair's value will rise (appreciate) or fall (depreciate) in the future. Traders can take two primary positions:

Long Position (Buy): A trader buys a currency pair if they believe the base currency will strengthen against the quote currency.

Short Position (Sell): A trader sells a currency pair if they expect the base currency to weaken compared to the quote currency.

Risk Management

Forex trading carries inherent risks due to the volatility of currency markets. It's crucial to implement risk management strategies, including setting stop-loss orders to limit potential losses and diversifying your trading portfolio.

Choosing a Forex Broker

Selecting the right forex broker is a critical step for beginners. Look for brokers regulated by reputable authorities, offering user-friendly trading platforms, competitive spreads, and excellent customer support.

Educational Resources

Learning is an ongoing process in forex trading. Take advantage of educational resources provided by brokers, online courses, webinars, and trading forums to enhance your understanding of the market.

Conclusion

Forex trading offers opportunities for profit, but it's essential to approach it with knowledge, discipline, and caution. As a beginner, start with a demo account to practice your trading strategies without risking real money. Over time, you can gain confidence and experience to make informed decisions in the dynamic world of forex trading. Remember that success in forex trading requires continuous learning and adaptation to changing market conditions.