reading some sci-fi: quarter share. it's about traders aboard a spaceship plying outposts.

Disappointed. Money falls into their laps. I keep thinking if the economic profits are so high what prevents others from cashing in?

There are too few people for the scale of operations. A kitchen of 3 staff for a mess-hall of a great galumphing ship? Why a kitchen of 3 staff wouldn't feed your mcdonalds customers.

They keep coming up with awesome ideas which makes me think that just before the start of the book things must have been at an abysmal low that people can use common sense (well, what passes for it in the book) so readily and get excellent results. In life if something is not working and you have an idea, you have to pretty much roll up your sleeves and dive grimly in to get something out of it. Any freebies are hallelujah material. The book is full of freebies, bah

I bought this book for the comparisons to heinlein. Space but the common man. I feel like I'm reading fanfic written by someone who has no experience of real markets, politics and trade. And there certainly isn't enough science fiction to make up for it