please post where you(schem) are getting this info
many things from old boards.
I'm one of maybe 3 oldboardies left. and I can't get you any links, so dont ask for them.
apparently (grr) some of my data is outdated, which is no surprise. but its the best we have to run on.
I would like to read what you have read
too late

make sure it isn't just a sturdy house of cards
its as sturdy as a solid stone house built on a fault line
My logic is perfectly stable, so long as the base assumptions don't change(which, dammit, one has)
which makesme bring up the point. there are three resources, credits crystal and metal, apparently now, ALL races use ALL three. this hardly hurts Market manipulation, but instead of dramatically affecting 1/3 people, you will only be applying pressure to everyone. it won't exactly detract from Market strategy, but it will significantly change it.