Parodic economic phenomena?
August 29, 2015 3:35 PM Subscribe
Many people in a certain place facetiously trade pictures of Pepe the Frog, but have there been other facetious economic phenomena, joke stock bubbles, fake hyperinflation, things of that sort?
Doesn't necessarily have to have comparable range and scale as those pictures.
Doesn't necessarily have to have comparable range and scale as those pictures.
A number of artists have issued parody money, e.g. J.S.G. Boggs, Banksy, Jack Daws, and Matthew Hincman. A very large number of board games are parodies of economic activity, beginning most notably with Monopoly.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 6:20 PM on August 29, 2015
posted by Monsieur Caution at 6:20 PM on August 29, 2015
I am not sure if this is the type of thing you're looking for but Emperor Norton issued his own money also.
Norton also issued his own money to pay for his debts, and it became an accepted local currency in San Francisco. These notes came in denominations between fifty cents and ten dollars; the few surviving notes are collector's items.
posted by zoinks at 10:28 PM on August 30, 2015
Norton also issued his own money to pay for his debts, and it became an accepted local currency in San Francisco. These notes came in denominations between fifty cents and ten dollars; the few surviving notes are collector's items.
posted by zoinks at 10:28 PM on August 30, 2015
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I'm not sure what you mean by "facetious" economic phenomena though. Did any money actually change hands for Pepe the frog pictures? If so, it's not fake, it's real economic phenomena. If no money ever changed hands, then it's not an economic phenomenon, it's just a joke.
posted by pravit at 3:48 PM on August 29, 2015 [2 favorites]