When the Rebel Alliance destroyed two Death Stars in the
original "Star Wars" trilogy, the galactic economy would have taken
such a hard hit that it would make apocalypse America's recent Great Recession,
according to a Cornell University paper published on Tuesday.
Zachary Feinstein's paper, "It's a Trap: Emperor
Palpatine's Poison Pill," concludes that the money needed to build two planet-sized
weapons of mass destruction would require the galactic government to borrow
large amounts of money from the bank. And they wouldn't have time to pay it all
back since they soon lose to the Rebel Alliance, Feinstein concludes.
This would leave the banks with a shortfall of more than
$500 quintillion.
The Rebel Alliance would have to bail out the Imperial
banking sector to prevent a devastating economic collapse. But the victors
wouldn't have enough money to float such a bill, leaving the galaxy's economy
in complete disarray. But hey, maybe Luke Skywalker can take a mortgage out on
his light-saber.
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