Yeah, IMHO that’s one of the funniest and best computer games ever. For those who haven’t played it, I can warmly recommend it.
I assign it as homework in my microeconomics class.
Re:History of the Paper Clip
by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:59PM
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There must be some point before the game ends where it must surely transition to macroeconomics homework.
Deep cut
Re:History of the Paper Clip
by contingencies on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @06:55PM
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First clip's free: An historical drama new to Netflix exploring a parallel historical reality in which all socialist revolutions are pre-empted with funding and covert support by agents of a shady dynasty of paperclip industrialists.
Well I'm sold!
Cool! How do the students react? :)
Generally the whole senior class gets addicted to it; other faculty wonder about what's up with this paperclip game... maybe about a third of students take it not just through "monopoly" (the assignment) but to the very end.
So much of what we talk about in micro is in there; price and profit maximization; market power and monopoly; game theory; production possibilities increasing through technology; etc.
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/