It occurs to me that the Potterverse must have an interesting economy. Basic needs can be filled fairly simply by an individual wizard, which means that they, as a culture, save a whole lot of time and effort since they don't need to work on creating, maintaining and innovating a infrastructure to support the fullfillment of such needs or the obtaining of resources to fullfill such needs.<br/><br/>This leads to a fundamental difference in the economic and class structure of their society, with fascinating ramifications. The valuation of knowledge and expertise and the devaluation of classical resources and gross physical labor would create fundamental differences in the economy of the wizarding world. Ultimately, only knowledge, complex or rare goods, and conveniences would retain any real value.<br/><br/>While the book, obviously, doesn't go into many of the possible ramifications of this, it is interesting to think about.<br/><br/>It'd be cyberpunk, only with more wands!<br/><br/><br/>Oh, and howdy DQ82. Welcome to the game :)