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Economics - 2008

No, Second Life's Bank Crash Did Not Predict Real World Bank Crash

http://techdirt.com/articles/20081123/1008302922.shtml
Scanned by: christinep over 3 years ago
Last year, there was a virtual bank collapse within Second Life. With this year's economic downturn, people are thinking that the events that occurred in Second Life was a foreshadow to this current downfall. Apparently, this isn't true and it's all speculation on whether free markets work. Follow the link to get a more through analysis.
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