Virtual world hires real economist (Reuters)

August 22, 2007 – 11:33 am

A screengrab of http://www.eve-online.com is seen August 16, 2007. Eyjolfur Guodmundsson was appointed chief economist for CCP Games, which hired him in June to quantify the wheelings and dealings of Eve Online's denizens, which number about 200,000 players. (Screengrab/ http://www.eve-online.com/Reuters)Reuters - Like many central bankers,
Eyjolfur Gudmundsson spends his days fretting about inflation,
making sure monetary growth is reasonable and trying to collect
data about the economy.


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