Big hat tip to 3pointD.com: Step aside Liberty Dollar, the Linden dollar is now available for physical transactions!
Other news I discovered is that John List, an economics professor at U. Chicago and former UCF professor, has been investigating experimental possibilities in Second Life. Here is an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education from July 7th which has some description on what he’s doing (access it through the UF network).
It appears that he’s replicating the traditional economics experiments in Second life, where there’s more anonymity. This is an important step forward towards using virtual worlds as a medium to understanding our world.
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