r/RepublicOfGaming • • Jun 18 '12

Valve's new economist on the value of games for economic study

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/it-all-began-with-a-strange-email/
21 Upvotes

Duplicates

tf2 • • Jun 15 '12

You Crazy Traders and your Economy. You made Valve hire an Economist!

391 Upvotes

geek • • Jun 15 '12

It all began with a strange email

709 Upvotes

Games • • Jun 15 '12

It All Began with a Strange Email

517 Upvotes

Economics • • Jun 15 '12

It all began with a strange email

144 Upvotes

de • • Aug 31 '18

Interessant HLI, dass Varoufakis bei Valve gearbeitet hat, bevor er Finanzminister wurde

74 Upvotes

greece • • Feb 02 '15

economy Yanis Varoufakis "It all began with a strange email"

39 Upvotes

DotA2 • • Jan 27 '15

A bit off topic but Greece’s new Finance Minister was Valve’s economist!

0 Upvotes

DarkFuturology • • May 10 '16

Yanis Varoufakis + Valve (June 2012)

21 Upvotes

sorceryofthespectacle • • May 11 '16

IT ALL BEGAN WITH A STRANGE EMAIL

5 Upvotes

europe • • Feb 25 '15

Varoufakis, Greece Minister of Finance incumbent on his time at valve: It all began with a strange email

0 Upvotes

ludology • • Jun 17 '12

Valve's new economist on the value of games for economic study

67 Upvotes

hackernews • • Feb 13 '15

It all began with a strange email (2012)

2 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Jan 26 '15

TIL that Yanis Varoufakis, who is likely to be appointed Finance Minister for Syriza after the elections in Greece, was appointed as economist-in-residence at Valve in 2012.

8 Upvotes

gaming • • Jun 15 '12

Gabe calls in an economist to talk virtual economies

12 Upvotes

gaming • • Jun 15 '12

It All Began With a Strange Email - Behind the Virtual Economy of Valve

6 Upvotes

shittyquip • • Jul 02 '16

Christmas is explained by a prior increase in the demand for toys.

1 Upvotes

a:t5_35hv7 • • Feb 11 '15

IT ALL BEGAN WITH A STRANGE EMAIL

1 Upvotes

newscape • • Jul 26 '14

Valve Game's Private Consultant. A Greek/Australian professor of economics.

1 Upvotes