Look out, Lyra. The shippers are coming.

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I like this ship.

9182069 It's worse than you thought, Cadance is—like—right there!

D'awww they're adorable!

Hey, callback!
Someone accidentally a crush, Cadance let them be!
Overall, not bad for a date.

Oops, did I accidentally a ship?

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Cadence's shipping senses are tingling.

I know it's been four years since this was posted and I'm not an economist, but wouldn't the situation in Vanhoover be deflationary? Fewer Bits chasing more goods would push the relative value of the Bits up, increasing their buying power.

Could still be a problem for the Lulamoons if Trixie's Dad was in debt, or looking for work, or had a business that relied on imports, I think.

11170678 Except the value of bits is relatively fixed due to it being a national currency. What this becomes is a concentration of wealth issue, with the dam owner getting lots of bits for supplying electricity but the ponies in the city winding up having less bits to spend because they have literally overspent their income.

Thankfully there is a UBI that can ensure the ponies don't starve or become unhoused (combined with the fixed rental prices because that's handled by the state). In all, demand for goods went up, so sellers gained power, then ponies had less bits to spend so power returned to the buyers—and the prices stabilized again. Economic rocking horse of supply, demand, and value.

Suppose it would also gather less public attention than having study outside the school. Many birds with few stones and all.