How on earth do these threads keep popping up? Every time the same arguments are repeated over and over and yet they never stop coming...

In any case, if you're really worried that the economy is going to bankrupt itself, better start saving that gil now in a sock under the mattress in your inn room. Spending it only results in the server taking even more gil out of circulation - the more you spend, the more you contribute to the inevitable Apocalypse!