"unless production increases somehow, but why would it?" Personally, I think that one of the best things you could do to increase production is to ensure that

"unless production increases somehow, but why would it?" Personally, I think that one of the best things you could do to increase production is to ensure that people are not living hand to mouth. The personal strategies of the desperate are not conducive to a working economy. "What incentives would people have to put in more work to produce more?" Boredom and curiousity. That's all you ever need. Hunger only inspires people to get fed. Satiation inspires them to design new houses.