Economics

The Economics of Veterancy
One of the most widely known principles in economics is that of Supply and Demand. Just as in real world economies, this principle is one of those at the core of the EVE economy. Without the markets of New Eden…

EVE News | Ivory Towers and Cottage Industry
The natural response to a sudden shift in paradigm is for the affected to turn to whatever small production and services can be eked out in marginal times, wherever those opportunities may be found and where necessity mothers invention. For most small producers who’ve seen their current plans dashed, to be replaced by growing complexity, dimishing returns, and increasing capital costs, the tendency will be to resort to hustle.

Conflict Is Not War – The Counter
CCP’s Ecosystem Outlook last year has caused a lot of contention amongst the players of EVE Online. Opinions have been widely shared; largely against the approach of “dynamic redistribution.” The article Conflict Is Not War – The Ecosystem Fallacy on INN…

Surplus Is Not the Problem: Suggestions For CCP
First, I want to thank CCP for doing an analysis of the game’s ecosystem at large. I also want to thank Sophia ‘Alizibeth’ S for the excellent, drill instructor style ass-chewing of said analysis. It managed to be both personal…

The Wealth of Alliances
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities… Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations EVE Online has a complex economic system because it provides…

The Grand Manip
Header Art by Major Sniper [Editor’s Note: This article comes to us from Goonswarm Financial Director Aryth, and has been published as is] We are going into the 6th month of the Lifeblood patch. For all of those months I…

EVE Online’s August Monthly Economic Report Analysis
The August Monthly Economic Report was released last weekend and it still says Goons made more ISK than that nice lady who won in the Powerball Jackpot a few weeks ago. The call to arms was announced and the Imperium went…

Let’s Talk About PLEX
There have been a lot of discussions lately around the rising PLEX prices. Since the Great PLEX Split of 2017 on May 9, the price for a month’s worth of PLEX has risen from 1.25 billion to 1.5 billion ISK….

CCP Releases Charts, Details on EVE Economy
Eve Vegas had a number of fascinating talks on the present and future of our favourite space game. One of those talks was by CCP Quant, who went over the economy of New Eden. CCP Quant has since expanded that…
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