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Countless economists all over the world right now are looking out their little economist windows, dreaming of balancing figures and charting trends in some other, more wondrous land than the one we live in. Now Dr. Eyolfur Guomundsson is living that dream, as EVE Online creators CCP hire him on to be the in-world lead economist for the game. Over the years countless third parties and individuals have took it upon themselves to track the financial development of MMO world's, but this marks the first time a gaming company has actually appointed someone dedicated to the task themselves.

After attending a conference on experimental economics in 2004 at which former lead EVE designer Dr. Kjartan Pierre Emilsson spoke, Guomundsson became fascinated by the way the economics of the game forced players to think in a more real-world business way. Three years later and here he is.

As the lead economist for EVE, my duties will include publishing economic information to the EVE-Online community. My duties will also be to coordinate research cooperation with academic institutions as the academic world has expressed quite an interest in doing research on this phenomenon

Move Over, Greenspan [EVE Insider Dev Blog]