There was once an old couple who lived in poverty. They had a goose, which laid a golden egg every day. The old couple sold the egg for money to get by each day.
Then one day, the old man decided to cut up the goose and get all the golden eggs all at once, so as to break out of the poverty cycle.
So the old man got a knife, went outside, and cut up the goose. A deluge of golden eggs gushed out, spilling onto the road. Everyone in the vicinity quickly amassed the eggs for themselves before the old couple could get to them.
In the end, the couple only got a handful of eggs. However, since the supply of gold increased tremendously, the price of gold dropped and the old couple remained poor. Good work on disrupting the gold economy though.