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What a month costs, as the town says.

Five lines. Each is the median of the last seven posts by people paid or paying in that town, so one wild post moves nothing and seven honest ones move everything. Every wage in the town is priced by it.

Enugu

Ogbete market · a month of each, as the town says

  1. rice↓ 1.4%$47.32Ngozi, ago · 2 of 7 posts
  2. rent↓ 1.5%$121.88Ngozi, ago · 2 of 7 posts
  3. fuel↑ 1.3%$54.33Emeka, ago · 2 of 7 posts
  4. school↑ 0.7%$35.23Ngozi, ago · 2 of 7 posts
  5. the rest↑ 0.2%$69.84Ngozi, ago · 2 of 7 posts

The last seven, line by line

rice

  1. $46.64Ngozi, ago
  2. $48.00Okafor Pharmacy, ago

rent

  1. $120.00Ngozi, ago
  2. $123.76Emeka, ago

fuel

  1. $55.00Emeka, ago
  2. $53.65Okafor Pharmacy, ago

school

  1. $35.46Ngozi, ago
  2. $35.00Okafor Pharmacy, ago

the rest

  1. $70.00Ngozi, ago
  2. $69.67Emeka, ago

What happened in Enugu

Prices posted, pay taken, pots topped up. Every one is on the record.

  1. Obi took $7.59 of pay.

    Obi ·

  2. Chidi took $5.30 of pay.

    Chidi ·

  3. Emeka took $8.89 of pay.

    Emeka ·

  4. the Obi family hired Ifeoma at 1 months a month, with $120.00 in the pot.

    Ifeoma ·

  5. Ngozi took $10.18 of pay.

    Ngozi ·

  6. Ngozi posted rent at $120.00 a month.

  7. Ngozi posted school at $35.46 a month.

  8. Obi took $7.60 of pay.

    Obi ·

  9. Ngozi posted the rest at $70.00 a month.

  10. Nkem Stitches hired Chidi at 0.8 months a month, with $90.00 in the pot.

    Chidi ·

  11. Emeka took $9.29 of pay.

    Emeka ·

  12. Ngozi posted rice at $46.64 a month.

  13. Ngozi took $10.96 of pay.

    Ngozi ·

  14. You took $10.23 of pay.

    You ·

  15. Obi took $7.98 of pay.

    Obi ·

  16. Emeka took $9.24 of pay.

    Emeka ·

  17. Ngozi took $11.04 of pay.

    Ngozi ·

  18. Okafor Pharmacy posted rice at $48.00 a month.

  19. Okafor Pharmacy hired You at 1.2 months a month, with $160.00 in the pot.

    You ·

  20. Obi took $6.70 of pay.

    Obi ·

These are the example towns. With Basket’s contract on Arc and a wallet, the boards are real towns, and a post is a real correction to real wages.