In the most simple sugar and spice models, the market settles on one price for each commodity.

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In this version, the agents require both sugar and spice, but they do not necessarily have to gather their needs directly.

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Most parents learn that little girls are truly like sugar and spice.

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But if old agents are allowed to pass away and be replaced by new ones, and if agents' preferences for sugar and spice evolve as they interact, the cyber-market never settles on a single price (just like real life).

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Sugar and spice and everything nice.

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Spice overload too, since Whitehouse sometimes throws too many spices into dishes that sound pretty straightforward. (Should Szechuan pepper really be a marinade ingredient in sugar-cured ocean trout and avocado?) It crossed my mind to march into the kitchen and throw his spice rack away.

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