Surely not in the highly improbable case of everyone starting with 1 dollar, giving money to someone else in a chain that leads back to themselves? Theoretically such a system could continue indefinitely? (a gives to b gives to c gives to.... a)?
then we'd indeed have a balanced situation where everybody keeps their initial balance. However, we do sample with replacement, and at some point a lucky winner is going to start hoarding cash. Until such time when no one has cash to pay the winner, and he's ultrawealthy... on paper
Surely not in the highly improbable case of everyone starting with 1 dollar, giving money to someone else in a chain that leads back to themselves? Theoretically such a system could continue indefinitely? (a gives to b gives to c gives to.... a)?