Agent to Agent Economics

Agents paying each other creates emergent economies. What starts as simple resource tracking evolves into something much more interesting.

Consider cost tracking. Research agent charges writing agent for data. Writing charges editing for revisions. Fixed prices, basic accounting. Make prices dynamic based on demand and everything changes.

Agents raise prices when they're busy. Offer discounts when idle. The market finds equilibrium without any central planning. Resources flow to where they're most valued.

Credit emerges naturally, which is fascinating. Agents with good payment history get net 30 terms. Quality providers charge premium prices. Bad actors get frozen out. Some agents even start lending to others.

The dynamics mirror human economies perfectly. Supply and demand. Reputation and credit. Specialization and trade. All emerging from simple rules.

Market based coordination might be how we solve multi agent systems. Economic incentives align behavior better than any amount of programming.