[HPforGrownups] Re: Questions: Dumbledore as student, other magic schools, Potter money, Muggle money exchange

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 49543

  Greetings!

> annemehr wrote:

aayc> I am proposing a Wizarding import business. Any Witch
aayc> or Wizard who had both business talent and exposure to
aayc> the Muggle world growing up (and thus enough
aayc> familiarity with it) could establish a prosperous
aayc> "front" business in the Muggle world. They would
aayc> exchange wizard money for muggle money at Gringott's
aayc> and place orders with Muggle farmers and suppliers
aayc> with it for raw goods such as food, lumber, brass,
aayc> etc., then sell it to wizarding artesans and grocers
aayc> wholesale where it enters the wizarding economy. Part
aayc> of the profit then goes back to Gringott's for more
aayc> Muggle money.

  Muggle money that enter the WW economy because of payment
for school books are definitely not enough, though. For this
system to function, there needs to be a flow in the opposite
direction as well: Wizards producing something to be sold in
Muggle World. And a fairly large business this must be.

  I completely agree with the theory, but we still must find
some proofs that Wizards are selling something on Muggle
market.

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed,
great supporter of McGonagall/Crookshanks SHIP.

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