For the Win- Cory Doctorow
When I tell people that 9 out of the 20 largest economies in the world are virtual, they just don’t believe me. “But it’s just fake gold/whuffies/tokens right?” People buy and sell and speculate on these games with real money. Put it this way. World of Warcraft’s economy is worth more than either Portugal’s or Poland’s. Which leads to a great young adult novel about the workers who make their living in these games and their global effort to organize their labor. Doctorow creates a believable, fast paced adventure novel across many countries with important economic lessons. Just the relationship between the IWW and the IWWWW is worth the price of the novel. Teens and adults will like this in equal measures.
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