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Originally Posted by PyroWildcat
They could just wish for gold that is still sitting in out in nature somewhere undiscovered. And bringing new gold into the economy doesn't really hurt the gold market unless you bring in a LOT of it, otherwise finding new goldmines would be utterly pointless.
Actually, even if you wanted cash, that would be doable without hurting anyone else. Something I had idly thought up awhile back would be: "I wish that all of the lost or torn up paper money in the world that still possesses value would be restored to mint quality and appear next to me."
There wouldn't a guarantee of how much you'll end up with(and the wish's wording might need a little tweaking), but it'll probably be a decent amount.
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Yeah this. There's always a way of a doable wish, you just have to think it out correctly. That was what I always wanted to know with the monkey's paw. Was it cursed, or were the wishers just REALLY stupid? I mean, if they had been exceedingly specific, would their wishes have been granted without the problems?
My wish, if I were to wish for cash, had always been "I can open and close my hand and it will have the exact change that I need." That way, even if I'm naked I can have the money, or if I don't want to have to worry about carrying money around with me.
However, you do bring up a good point, in that I'd need to specify where the money came from. If Superman III is correct and there are all these half cents floating around out there, I'd wish for those as well as all the money lost, torn up, destroyed, or otherwise mutilated, would be used so long as it was valid currency. In the even that I use all that up, I'd have a backup part of the wish, making sure that the money was taken from criminals, and then eventually that the money would be good for like three days and then would disappear and everyone but me would forget about it, including electronic registries.
Hmm...I'm not sure this entirely on topic so let me just say I'm looking forward to the next chapter!