Money, money, money!

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I’d like to take a few moments to explain the economy of Cities Unlimited to you. As the Mayor, you are responsible for ensuring that the needs of citizens are met, which includes overseeing the city’s financial health. The economy primarily revolves around entities that carry out exchanges. The game includes a number of these entities which enjoy freedom of choice in selecting among different behaviors, the one that suits them best. In so doing, they make decisions with their “well-being” in mind. The well-being of residents involves their level of satisfaction: it will vary based on the availability of a job that meets their expectations, the municipal services offered and access to goods and services for their personal consumption.For companies, well-being consists of the income generated, i.e., the difference between the money earned by the company when it sells the results of its production and the costs of the latter. For example, a company will set up shop in the city if it believes that it can generate income. Alternatively, it will leave (declare bankruptcy) when it has sustained losses over a significant period of time. A resident, in turn, will move to a city if he believes it will bring him adequate satisfaction, and leave when this is no longer the case.This essentially creates an ecosystem that develops and adapts on its own, with no need for understanding all of its details in order to oversee it. This ecosystem incorporates exchange flows among the various entities: cash (money) flows and flows of goods and services. We will consider a few principles to explain how the city’s economic system will react to your administration.

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