Adam Smith and Bacon, Part 2

Sticky McStickerson getting to the bottom of the story

Welcome back to AME Market Update, I'm your host Sticky McStickerson, and here's what's happening.

Since the previous explosion of trading following the snack infusion of early March, a combination of diminished supply and hoarding have brought trading to a near standstill. The only product to merit trading at this point is the rescissionist's best friend: alcohol.

Upon the long awaited return of Dylan to Alto Molocue, a bland market spiced up quick at the prospect of buying into a bottle of Bombay Saphire. Not wanting to deplete the Strategic Snack Food Reserve any more than my inflation had already, I bought one Class A share with plain old meticais. But Eric, having recently received a care package, had a surplus of candy and jumped at the opportunity. After a few minutes of heated negotiation, a deal was struck with Dylan for a one of the three Class A shares in return for 41 Sour Patch Kids and a Prestige Brie Cheese. Reserving the final Class A share for himself, Dylan closed trading on the asset and the AME celebrated Eric's birthday.

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Though trading on the rare Class A shares had closed, a side market opened for a replacement good: the Leveraged Beer Option. Since then, all manner of consumer goods have been traded for this questionable asset. Being that there is no regulatory framework for these, the system is based purely on the market players  collective trust, memory, and liquidity capacity.

Analysts predict that this type of trading will continue well past the expected arrival of several snack infusions, as using a locally available and easily transferable substance as currency allows for far more market activity and prevents the volatility seen in the era of the bacon standard.