Money/Economy/QM Thread

[CaptainBravo]

Ore should not be worth more than metal, and the sell prices shouldn't be higher than the buying prices.

While I'm sure it's reasonable to say that ore with the potential of being smelted down and cast into any shape could be worth more than metal which would return a portion as slag when melted and can only otherwise be used to make specific things,

if NanoTrasen would go through the trouble of outfitting a station with magic machines that can turn worthless metal into valuable ore, why would they not give their broader shipping division the same technology?

i guess my real point is: in what way is making something from nothing not shoe-on-ass stupid? because that's literally what happens.