I think the dense economics of this episode went a bit over my head, even with the graphical representations and simplified economic model.

What I got out of this episode:

- Ryoko is disgusting. Everything about her is repellant.

- Kusanagi's mom is awesome, and he wasn't lying to Kuniko. ATLAS has its fair share of poor housing, to make up for the absurdly wealthy like Ryoko and Mikuni.

- Apparently Kuniko is an economic savant, and I don't really have any idea what's going on.