I don't think this would work. After all, then what's the point of having any amount of Np? If everything just costs a percentage of your money, then it doesn't matter how much you have, because you can still afford everything!
avpx On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > avpx wrote: > >> My idea is an official currency, the Napier, abbreviated Np, which is >> the base-10 log of its worth. 2 Np is worth 10x as much as 1 Np which >> is worth 10x as much as 0 Np. One can transfer, for example, 1 Np to a >> person who has 2 Np, and, assuming no tax, the recipient will have >> 2.041 Np, which is log(10^2+10^1). Taxes are easy in this system, as >> one just adds log(1-N) to the amount being sent to get the amount >> received, where N is the tax rate. >> >> An office could be set up, the Treasuror, or an existing office (maybe >> that one already exists?) could manage the amount of Np people have. >> If person A transfers 2 Np to person B, then person B only receives >> 2+log(1-N) Np, and the remaining 2+log(N) Np would go into the >> Treasury, which is managed by the Treasuror. This could be used to pay >> salaries for people who hold offices and complete their reports on >> time, among many other things. >> >> IMO, a good, though slightly confusing currency is just what Agora >> needs. Tell me what you all think, and how this would fit in with >> current Agoran rules and offices. > > Ugh, I just had a flashback to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AntiochCollege > > What about having holdings and transfers work normally, but charging > along the lines of "you can buy 1 widget for 90% of your Np"? But the > real problem is that, however you express it, this seems to penalize > log-rolling. > >
