[zaroth]

The price of pelts should have dropped to zero from the oversupply.

[jghn]

That sort of thing did happen but also quickly was removed.

[Raph_Koster]

Players hated making things that had no value. They knew full well there was no market, but they were conditioned to expect a reward for doing it anyway. I suspect players would be much more tolerant of it today.

[qwerty456127]

Why? Isn't ecology indivisible from economy in almost any system that includes humans?