Post by Hector on Oct 24, 2019 21:04:34 GMT
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Here's a review to celebrate my return to this forum... oh, who am I kidding, I'd have written this anyway!
The story begins with a really jolly Scrooge welcoming his nephews to his humble abode, aka money bin.
Why is he so happy? Because the size of his fortune has almost reached 12 bazillion or something (I'm not really sure how that amount is translated in the English version of the story). Anyway, almost one year ago, in his will, a famous economist, decided to leave his money to whomever managed to possess that amount of money within one year. In other words, Scrooge is so close to inheriting the guy's fortune.
Meanwhile, in Duckburg's Ministry of Finance (it seems that, in that story's universe, Duckburg acts more as an independent state than as a city), the minister and his accountant have problems calculating the fiscal deficit, because, as the minister claims, 'Duckburg's citizens are wasteful'. I really don't know how that is connected to the state's deficit; either I don't know WAK about economics or the author of this story does not.
Soon, that brilliant politician (I'm being sarcastic, in case you didn't realize it) finds the solution. They'll launch new currency: heavy dollars! Each heavy dollar is worth 100 old dollars. (Question: So that means that 1 heavy cent is worth one old dollar? Then how will people buy or sell stuff that costs less than one old dollar? Dun dun DUUUUN!) This way, still according to the minister's logic, it'll be easier for them to calculate the deficit and Duckburg citizens will be discouraged from spending so much, because they'll falsely believe they've become poorer.
Scrooge does not take it so well. You see, because of that, the size of his fortune is now 0.12 bazillion, so he does not meet the conditions required to inherit the economist's dough. Donald's attempts to reason with the notary are futile, though I don't see why they could not change the will. I mean, obviously, the guy was referring to old dollars when he wrote that piece of paper. I guess that's how bureaucracy works, honeys.
One of Donald's nephews saves Scrooge from suicide (literally!) the last moment by suggesting that the feathery tycoon just tries to make his fortune 100 times greater. Scrooge decides to give it a go and try to earn, within the one month left till the deadline, 99 times as much money as he has earned in his life so far!
After that scene, the largest part of the story consists of the Beagle Boys, dressed as policemen or something, exploiting the confusion caused by the new currency in order to deceive citizens by giving them money bills made of graphite in exchange for real dollars. (Got it? Heavy dollars? Graphite is heavy? Haha, very funny. BTW, I'm still being sarcastic!) Eventually, they end up deceived by Scrooge and lose all their hard earned dough.
Little by little, the citizens start getting frustrated about the new currency and violently protest outside of the ministry. Inevitably, the minister decides to go back to the old dollars.
Unaware of all that, Scrooge manages to make his fortune 100 times greater (!), only to be informed that there was no need after all! Or was there? Scroogey is delighted to realize, moments later, that he now owns 1200 bazillion old dollars.
However, once more, the notary interrupts the tycoon's 'happily ever after' delirium by informing him that, having surpassed 12 bazillion, he's now 'too rich to need any inheritance'!
The story ends with an angry Scrooge pursuing the minister and the accountant, the same way he usually pursues Donald.
When I first read that story (I was 8), I understood almost nothing of the plot, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless, for some reason! One of the most iconic stories of my childhood!
Rating: 9/10
Here's a review to celebrate my return to this forum... oh, who am I kidding, I'd have written this anyway!
The story begins with a really jolly Scrooge welcoming his nephews to his humble abode, aka money bin.
Why is he so happy? Because the size of his fortune has almost reached 12 bazillion or something (I'm not really sure how that amount is translated in the English version of the story). Anyway, almost one year ago, in his will, a famous economist, decided to leave his money to whomever managed to possess that amount of money within one year. In other words, Scrooge is so close to inheriting the guy's fortune.
Meanwhile, in Duckburg's Ministry of Finance (it seems that, in that story's universe, Duckburg acts more as an independent state than as a city), the minister and his accountant have problems calculating the fiscal deficit, because, as the minister claims, 'Duckburg's citizens are wasteful'. I really don't know how that is connected to the state's deficit; either I don't know WAK about economics or the author of this story does not.
Soon, that brilliant politician (I'm being sarcastic, in case you didn't realize it) finds the solution. They'll launch new currency: heavy dollars! Each heavy dollar is worth 100 old dollars. (Question: So that means that 1 heavy cent is worth one old dollar? Then how will people buy or sell stuff that costs less than one old dollar? Dun dun DUUUUN!) This way, still according to the minister's logic, it'll be easier for them to calculate the deficit and Duckburg citizens will be discouraged from spending so much, because they'll falsely believe they've become poorer.
Scrooge does not take it so well. You see, because of that, the size of his fortune is now 0.12 bazillion, so he does not meet the conditions required to inherit the economist's dough. Donald's attempts to reason with the notary are futile, though I don't see why they could not change the will. I mean, obviously, the guy was referring to old dollars when he wrote that piece of paper. I guess that's how bureaucracy works, honeys.
One of Donald's nephews saves Scrooge from suicide (literally!) the last moment by suggesting that the feathery tycoon just tries to make his fortune 100 times greater. Scrooge decides to give it a go and try to earn, within the one month left till the deadline, 99 times as much money as he has earned in his life so far!
After that scene, the largest part of the story consists of the Beagle Boys, dressed as policemen or something, exploiting the confusion caused by the new currency in order to deceive citizens by giving them money bills made of graphite in exchange for real dollars. (Got it? Heavy dollars? Graphite is heavy? Haha, very funny. BTW, I'm still being sarcastic!) Eventually, they end up deceived by Scrooge and lose all their hard earned dough.
Little by little, the citizens start getting frustrated about the new currency and violently protest outside of the ministry. Inevitably, the minister decides to go back to the old dollars.
Unaware of all that, Scrooge manages to make his fortune 100 times greater (!), only to be informed that there was no need after all! Or was there? Scroogey is delighted to realize, moments later, that he now owns 1200 bazillion old dollars.
However, once more, the notary interrupts the tycoon's 'happily ever after' delirium by informing him that, having surpassed 12 bazillion, he's now 'too rich to need any inheritance'!
The story ends with an angry Scrooge pursuing the minister and the accountant, the same way he usually pursues Donald.
When I first read that story (I was 8), I understood almost nothing of the plot, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless, for some reason! One of the most iconic stories of my childhood!
Rating: 9/10