Does anyone know if anyone has held an "economist Olympics?" via one of these
games (e.g. Sim City)? It seems like it might be a fun tool for evaluating
policy proposals. For example, suppose two economists disagreed about the
effects of a given policy proposal. To resolve
Can such games model reality well enough to give interesting results?
Interesting to whom? To game players yes. For certain purposes there are useful models
that can help people understand how systems operate and predict outcomes.
Would economists agree on the meta-rules enough to agree to
