Tag: online reality

10 Sep 2007

The future of macroeconomics

Several months ago I noted that a virtual world, Eve Online, had hired a real economist. Here is his first report. What makes virtual worlds important for economics is that for the first time ever, macro-economists will be able to…
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21 Aug 2007

Blizzard negotiating with researchers for virtual epidemic study

An accidental plague that wiped out cities in World of Warcraft has drawn the attention of epidemiology researchers, who are negotiating with Blizzard about future studies. The next virtual horror might be intentional.
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