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[ST:DS9]How rich is Quark, anyway?

Quark is always losing out on sure-fire deals, always one great idea short of getting out of his bar and becoming _really_ rich. On the other hand, he has dealings with the Grand Nagus, and he owns the most popular bar in one of the most important way-stations in the galaxy.

Just how much latinum does he have, relative to the average Ferengi? How does his wealth compare to the living conditions of the average Federation citizen?
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Quark is generous to a fault, by ferengi standards. They see generosity as a character flaw (like we humans do with violence) but Quark is surrounded by Federation species and bajorans which all value cooperation and faces enormous social pressure to give in to that weakness. (He rarely directly gives things away but frequently sacrifices profits to help out his family or the station itself.) In addition to the subjective weakness of empathy, he's also easily intimated and, given the general seediness of the establishment and his lack of any sort of authority or physical presence, he does business with a lot of people who end up bullying him out of his end of a deal. As a result, he has trouble hanging onto the money he does get through legitimate business. And these "sure-fire deals"? They blow up in his face more often than not.

His dealings with the Grand Nagus earn him nothing because the Grand Nagus is every bit as cheap and manipulative as Quark fancies himself. He usually just ends up shouldering the Nagus's burden and getting none of the credit for resolving the situation.