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"Money implies poverty"[1] (or "money is a sign of poverty"[2]) was a Culture phrase reflecting its belief that money was an inefficient means of rationing[3] that caused poverty.[4]

The post-scarcity Culture did not use money. Its productive capacity and system of distribution exceeded the needs of its people.[3]

Money was associated with the Age of Scarcity.[5]

References[]

  1. The State of the Art, chapter 3.3
  2. "A Gift from the Culture"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Consider Phlebas, Reasons: the Culture
  4. Matter, chapter 10
  5. Look to Windward, chapter 1
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