virgin$
suppose virgins were currency. this is sort of a follow up from the
can't see money post where we examined the economy's boom and bust cycle. here's another take. you've got 100 guys working their asses off trying to score a virgin. the boom time. but there are only 90 virgins. clearly not all guys can have a virgin. so you end up with 90 guys working their asses off to keep their virgins (!?). and 10 guys with no motivation whatsoever. the bust time. the cycle repeats when the next truck load of virgins arrive. but wait a minute. this assume all virgins are retired at the same time. seems to me if you released the virgins a few at a time... you could have all the fellahs working all the time. a permanent boom cycle. heh. so all we need to do to fix the economy is introduce more virgins.