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“How is this possible?” asked Mr. Unexpected.

“It is not only possible,” replied the wizard, “it is to be expected!”

“Please, please, can you make my country an Expected Land as well?!” begged Mr. Unexpected.

“Certainly. If you like, I can wave my wand and put your land on a sound money standard, but…” then the wizard unexpectedly paused for a moment and slyly grinned to himself…

“I will also give you a Big Red Button that allows you to print money again — just in case you want to.”

“I don’t expect that I would ever want to press that!” Mr. Unexpected chuckled nervously.

“Indeed, I don’t expect you would,” the wizard smirked knowingly, before waving his wand and magically transporting Mr. Unexpected back to his homeland.

ShakespeareanApe 7mo ago

As expected, everything gradually got better in Unexpected Land.

People were happier and worked harder as they were able to consistantly build their wealth.

Businesses and technology grew as this new wealth wasn’t wasted on unproductive uses.

Families stayed together and had more children as everyone could afford a nice home.

And everyone could afford a nice home because homes were simply places where you kept your children’s piggy bank and not the piggy bank itself.

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ShakespeareanApe 7mo ago

However, as to be expected every now and then, an unexpected disaster happened.

A very bad storm blew through Unexpected Land, damaging buildings and destroying many people’s homes.

ShakespeareanApe 7mo ago

Everybody begged Mr. Unexpected to press his Big Red Button and print money to help fix the damage and cover people’s losses.

Mr. Unexpected paused for a moment…

And then — well, I expect you can guess what happened next...