This article reminded me of this economics paper from a former World Ware 2 prisoner of war describing the "market economy" that formed in the POW camps. http:

This article reminded me of this economics paper from a former World Ware 2 prisoner of war describing the "market economy" that formed in the POW camps. http://icm.clsbe.lisboa.ucp.pt/docentes/url/jcn/ie2/0POWCamp.pdf http://icm.clsbe.lisboa.ucp.pt/docentes/url/jcn/ie2/0POWCamp... It's fascinating because it describes: - Open outcry markets - Exchange rates - N dimensional preference spaces - Collapsing money supplies - Market shocks All in plain English and using specific examples from the camps. Highly recommend it especially if you (like me on both counts) have an Econ degree and/or work in finance.