"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[]
- ↑ The State of the Art, chapter 3.3
- ↑ "A Gift from the Culture"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Consider Phlebas, Reasons: the Culture
- ↑ Matter, chapter 10
- ↑ Look to Windward, chapter 1