Deep Space Wandering Fleet

Chapter 224 - 224 224 Make Them Bankrupt

?Chapter 224: Chapter 224 Make Them Bankrupt Chapter 224: Chapter 224 Make Them Bankrupt Wang Junpeng estimated that under the government’s planned economy system, the price increases for essential living goods would not be too significant. However high the prices went, it was absolutely impossible to create cohesion if people literally starved to death. But the first items to see price hikes would definitely be these lightly luxurious goods; after all, one wouldn’t die without them.

He quickly purchased several baskets of supplies, along with clothing, reaching his purchasing limit.

Within Earth Era, a flexible system of planned economy was adopted. Since the means of production were communal, the total amount of goods produced was determined by big data analytics. To encourage everyone to shop thriftily and wisely, all goods were priced in progressive tiers; the more of the same item bought within a certain period, the more expensive it became.

The first tier was normal pricing, the second tier was up by 20%, and the third by 40%, and so on.

When the price increased by 60%, Wang Junpeng decisively stopped buying. By then, the total of all the various items was over 20,000 and filled several large bags after a lengthy card swiping session at the unmanned retail machine.

The people nearby were already giving him strange looks. Was he buying too much?

Even if one wanted to stock up while the prices were low, there was no need to buy so much.

Someone even muttered under their breath whether they should also buy a bit more…

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