Fixing the Markets. As much our problem as SE's .

[soshifood]

Blah blah blah...comparing a fantasy economy with a real world economy is an exercise in futility. Sure, there are some similarities but the differences are big and clear enough that comparing the two is like comparing apples and tuna fish.

We all know this games community is filled with some great players as well as the derpiest you will find in any mmo...to expect them not to impact the economy is a bit naive. Good players will find a way to take advantage of the idiocy laid about in the marketboard by the bad players.

Theory of economics does not involve just the real world. It covers plenty of situations that are impossible in the real world. Perfect competition is one basic example of this. In fact, this game's economy is much closer to that theory than the real world ever was.