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What the hell are you even talking about? The premise of the movie needed there to be extreme inequality for there to be a story to tell... You think that they used economic models to make sure that their fake economy was realistic in any way?
There are massive economic plotholes in the movie. Namely that other currencies for coffee or busfare and the like would be normal.
it seems arbitrarily unnecessary to give everyone 25 years at birth, even if technology to stop aging makes that a "good age". For normal education progression, there is a massive penalty to goof off at college for 4 years, if you only get 1 year to start earning income from degree. There is an infinite money loop of having babies (killing them for their 25 years), though maybe they're unable to spend until age 25.
What is certain, is the system promotes stronger oligarchy/aristocracy than current one, because everyone is forced to stay in a system with cops protecting the artistocracy. You can't just go live in the forest off berries and squirrels, or move to Africa and buy yourself a goat and build a hut on an empty spot, and survive on $3/year. Mandated systemic participation ensures the increased inflationary gouging that is part of movie's world/plot.