Robert Axtell and Joshua Epstein Wave goodbye to the invisible hand of classical economics. Their animated artificial world Sugarscape demonstrates the influence of social behavior on economics - and vice versa. The simulation begins with a population of agents and a small distribution of one natural resource - sugar. Then tribes and cultures develop. Trade wars occur.
Wealth distribution is skewed.
Society is destroyed by overpopulation. Restart the simulation to witness another possible history. Just try that, Mr. Reich. Inc. All rights reserved.