History YMMV / MakingMoney

* GeniusBonus: According to Moist, the Royal Bank doesn't have even nearly enough gold to actually back up all of their money, and the chief cashier says that the arrangement of promising the money's worth of gold hinges on no one ever trying to collect on that promise -- which happens to be the very reason why the gold standard failed in real life.

* GeniusBonus:
** Vetinari's argument of ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' ("Because I say so") is probably bound to go over the head of most people. Without ready access to a source of information on Latin, it could easily be mistaken for just another ridiculous law that Mr Slant is so fond of quoting.
** The Glooper is inspired by a real hydraulic computer at the London School of Economics, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC MONIAC]], now on display at the London Science Museum. It doesn't, however, control the British economy. Probably.

* GeniusBonus: According to Moist, the Royal Bank doesn't have even nearly enough gold to actually back up all of their money, and the chief cashier says that the arrangement of promising the money's worth of gold hinges on no one ever trying to collect on that promise -- which happens to be the very reason why the gold standard failed in Real life.

** One of the book's themes is Moist's economic argument that relying on gold as a standard is a bad idea. Almost immediately after the book was published, Britain crashed into recession and Prime Minister Gordon Brown was heavily criticised for selling off the country's gold reserves several years before, which would now be worth more than eight times as much. While Moist never argued against keeping gold around for additional capital, he did talk about selling it to the dwarves.
** It also contains fairly obvious and accurate RealitySubtext: According to Moist, the Royal Bank doesn't have even nearly enough gold to actually back up all of their money, and the chief cashier says that the arrangement of promising the money's worth of gold hinges on no one ever trying to collect on that promise -- which happens to be the very reason why the gold standard failed in Real life.
** Also, [[spoiler: selling off the gold too early turns out to be exactly what the ''villains'' had done -- although in their case this was actual embezzlement.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

** The Glooper is inspired by a real hydraulic computer at the London School of Economics, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC MONIAC]], now on display at the London Science Museum.

** It also contains fairly obvious and accurate RealitySubtext: According to Moist, the Royal Bank doesn't have even nearly enough gold to actually back up all of their money, and the chief cashier says that the arrangement of promising the money's worth of gold hinges on no one ever trying to collect on that promise - which happens to be the very reason why the gold standard failed in Real life.

** Vetinari's argument of Quia Ego Sic Dico (Because I say so) is probably bound to go over the head of most people. Without ready access to a source of information on Latin, it could easily be mistaken for just another ridiculous law that Mr Slant is so fond of quoting.

* NauseaFuel: Cosmo's finger after the too-small signet ring cuts off circulation. [[spoiler:It winds up gangrenous, infested with "wiggling things," and ''growing mushrooms'']].

** The Glooper is inspired by a real hydraulic computer at the London School of Economics,[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC MONIAC]], now on display at the London Science Museum.

** Also, [[spoiler: selling off the gold too early turns out to be exactly what the ''villains'' had done.]]
* GeniusBonus: Vetinari's argument of Quia Ego Sic Dico (Because I say so) is probably bound to go over the head of most people. Without ready access to a source of information on Latin, it could easily be mistaken for just another ridiculous law that Mr Slant is so fond of quoting.

** One of the book's themes is Moist's economic argument that relying on gold as a standard is a bad idea. Almost immediately after the book was published, Britain crashed into recession and Prime Minister Gordon Brown was heavily criticised for selling off the country's gold reserves several years before, which would now be worth more than eight times as much.
** To be fair, Moist's argument was that gold as a standard is unnecessary, not bad. Having some lying around for additional capital is not argued as being a bad thing, just that "money" is a lot more complicated than just being worth a certain amount of gold. Still qualifies, though, since Moist was talking about selling the gold to the dwarves...

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the book's themes is Moist's economic argument that relying on gold as a standard is a bad idea. Almost immediately after the book was published, Britain crashed into recession and Prime Minister Gordon Brown was heavily criticised for selling off the country's gold reserves several years before, which would now be worth more than eight times as much.

* MoralEventHorizon: It's one line, and easy to miss, but Cosmo Lavish has someone killed ''over a hat''.

* MemeticMutation: One occurs within the book: [[spoiler: "I do believe it is pineapple" is uttered by Vetinari. Barely a chapter later it becomes "THIS does NOT taste of pineapple" in a political cartoon.]]

** To be fair, Moist's argument was that Gold as a standard is unnecessary, not bad. Having some lying around for additional capital is not argued as being a bad thing, just that "money" is a lot more complicated than just being worth a certain amount of gold. Still qualifies, though, since Moist was talking about selling the gold to the Dwarves...
** It also contains fairly obvious and accurate RealitySubtext: According to Moist, the Royal Bank doesn't have even nearly enough Gold to actually back up all of their Money, and the chief cashier says that the arrangement of promising the money's worth of gold hinges on no one ever trying to collect on that promise - which happens to be the very reason why the Gold Standard failed in Real life.