Simulations and games in economics education
en.wikipedia.org
Simulations and games in economics education
1–10 of 28 posts
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#2[dead]
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#3I posted this having in mind some simulation games by Nicky Case (https://ncase.me/projects/) which combine insight and fun in a brilliant way. Specifically:
- The Evolution of Trust
- The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds
- We Become What We Behold
But those games only focus on social interactions. I wonder if there are similar ones that focus on economics. We learn much better through play, a game is worth a hundred papers.
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#4I posted this having in mind some simulation games by Nicky Case ( https://ncase.me/projects/ ) which combine insight and fun in a brilliant way. Specifically: - The Evolution of Trust - The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds - We Become What We Behold But those games only focus on social interactions. I wonder if there are similar ones that focus on economics. We learn much better through play, a game is worth a hundre…
Check out the list here! https://explorabl.es/economics/
The explorabl.es website is maintained by Nicky Case and has a whole bunch of explorable articles written by different people in different categories. Usually if something's written something interactive it'll be there!
Disclaimer: one of my articles is there too!
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#5I recommend Sidereal Confluence. That game has taught me more about economics than anything else.
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#6I recommend Sidereal Confluence. That game has taught me more about economics than anything else.
This game is on my radar, but as I understand it it really wants a lot of players at the table and my group is typically capped at 4.
Glad to hear it referenced though.
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#7[deleted]
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#8It's pretty dated at this point (and I don't know of anything recent like it), but playing M.U.L.E. is a little education in microeconomics all by itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E.
Ok, I see that Planet M.U.L.E. is a recent remake that may actually be alive and kicking, good deal!
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#9It’s not the most realistic game, but I think my personal project Farmhand would fit here as well: https://www.farmhand.life/
It’s a GPL-licensed farming game where the value of crops and seeds fluctuate every in-game day. It’s inspired by the classic game Drug Wars.
Re: Simulations and games in economics education
#10I took an experimental economics class in college where the small lab fee was supposed to be paid out as prizes for doing well in the games we played during class. I never got a payout, but the class was pretty interesting regardless.
I did sort of "cheat" in one of the games, I recognized that the software market game was really a software monopoly game (this was circa 2000) and put the other providers out of business in the first round by paying people to be my customer.