Everquest 2 becomes a real economy with a market trading virtual goods for real money
Also read Crynus' reply about half way down the page. If I was an economist, I'd be researching this phenomenon. Actually, even trying to figure out the legal property status of virtual goods is interesting...

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=pround&message.id=2674&no_redir=true

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