[HPforGrownups] Re:Wizard Population and Other Schools

[wynnde1 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47128

In a message dated 25/11/2002 10:32:40 GMT Standard Time, bboy_mn at yahoo.com 
writes:


> The size of the economy appears to in indicate a fairly large wizard
> population. If we accept that as true, then we have to figure out
> where all these missing students are, if they are not at Hoqwarts.
> 
> 

Well, here's another invitation to explain your theory at a bit more length <
g> - on what are you basing your estimates of the "size of the wizard 
economy?" I'm no economics whiz, but I haven't really noticed much in the 
books that strikes me one way or the other as indicative of the size of the 
wizarding economy. The only thing that comes to mind right off the top of my 
head is that we know Gladrags Wizardware has at least three shops - London, 
Paris and Hogsmeade. If those are the only three (and only two of them are in 
the UK), that doesn't really strike me as evidence for a huge wizarding 
population/economy. Unless, of course, that you consider those are only the 
three main shops, and Gladrags may in fact have other locations (lots of high 
street shops do advertise this way, after all). So I guess my example doesn't 
really prove the point either way. <g>

So what have you got? I'd like to hear your evidence before I accept your 
above statement as "true?" 

:-)
Wendy 
(Who thinks that Hogwarts is the only wizarding school in the UK - maybe 
includes Ireland, too, depending on where exactly on *that* island Seamus 
Finnegan grew up. And who also believes there can be no more than 800 
students at Hogwarts, based on the numbers provided at the 
Gryffindor/Slytherin quidditch match in PoA. How many fewer than 800 depends 
on how many outside spectators - parents and alumni - were present, but I 
don't see how there can possibly be *more* than 800 students. So, I'd guess 
that total Hogwarts student population is somewhere between 600 and 775, and 
probably closer to the larger number).


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