How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

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When those 
withdrawals started 
to make a real impact 
on the fi sh reserves, 
the technicians had to 
get busy again. As they 
sliced and diced, offi cial 
fi sh once again became 
noticeably smaller, 
causing fi shfl ation to rear 
its slimy head. 
Consequently, the island’s 
economy deteriorated once again. 
The new Senator-in-Chief, Slippery Dickson, was told by 
his economic advisors that if other islands followed the 
Bongobians’ lead, an oceanwide run on the Fish Reserve 
Bank could empty the vault of fi sh 
and wipe out the value of the 
notes. 
Barnacle and the senators 
started to worry.

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