Scenario

You live in a small country in which the repressive military dictator was recently overthrown. The new government promises to improve standards of living by an aggressive program of industrialization.

To make good on these promises, the government has taken the following steps:

• the property of wealthy (and often corrupt) merchants has been confiscated and many have been jailed or exiled
• all non-licensed stores and production facilities have been closed
• a new loan for industrialization has been negotiated with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and several new factories have recently come online
• the severely inflated currency of the country has been declared worthless and citizens may trade in their money for replacement currency (in the form of Classroom Bucks)
• to maintain control of marketing practices, only 2 merchants are licensed to operate stores, and it is a crime to operate or buy from an unlicensed store