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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Middy Seafort: [QB] Not to mention that currency in some form at least survives into the mid- to late-23rd century. Take the on screen evidence. In "Errand of Mercy." While planning on what to do about the Klingon incursion on Organia, Kirk tells Spock, "The Federation's invested a lot of money into our training, it's time to pay up." In "The Apple." Kirk tells Scotty, "You've earned your pay for the week." Not to mention the charge of "credits" for merchandise in "The Trouble with Tribbles." The famous line from "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," adds to the confusion of the economy of the Federation. [QUOTE] Taylor I supposed you don't use money in the 23rd Century. Kirk We don't. [/QUOTE]It is often used as confirmation that the Federation does not have a monetary system. Yet, it could also be taken to mean that they don't use hard currency like cash. Does anyone know when or whereabouts Roddenberry decided explicitly that the Federation does not use money as we know it? Was it with TNG? Or does it go back further, perhaps the development of "Phase: II?" [QUOTE] Originally posted by Kazeite: According to Tom Paris, "when the New World Economy took shape in the late 22nd-century and money went the way of the dinosaur, Fort Knox was turned into a museum." My impression is that he is speaking about economy of the Federation, won't you agree? [/QUOTE]Also, Paris could've been referring to the economy of the newly unified Earth in that line, which would've or could've abolished the American dollar. Thus the need no longer for Fort Knox. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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