NPR's Planet Money covers MTG
Economics forum
Posted on March 12, 2015, 3:39 p.m. by Jay
I dunno if anybody else here is addicted to NPR, but the Planet Money show covered the early economics of Magic. You probably know everything about it, and it's definitely funny to listen to them because they don't know much about Magic as a game, but it's an entertaining listen nonetheless. Here's the link:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/03/11/392381112/episode-609-the-curse-of-the-black-lotus
FinchFalcon says... #3
Dammit man, I was just about to post this!
But also, cool to see other Npr nerds.
March 12, 2015 3:43 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #4
Thanks for posting this. I'll be sure to listen later today.
March 12, 2015 4:56 p.m.
Just listened to the podcast, and I'm surprised that they didn't even mention the reserved list at all. It was quite an interesting listen.
March 12, 2015 5:46 p.m.
Metroid_Hybrid says... #6
Same thing JWiley129 said.. I could've sworn they were about to mention the reserve list--when instead they started talking about the pro leagues. But then again, they probably decided against talking about the reserve list on the grounds that WotC themselves still call it a mistake, so rather than talk about their mistake(s), they were talking about what made it wildly successful & still kicking after over two decades..
March 12, 2015 6:10 p.m.
CastleSiege says... #7
I saw this on Facebook earlier. It's really worth a listen!
March 12, 2015 8:55 p.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #8
I'm NOT an NPR fan, but I did listen to this last night and I enjoyed it. I liked how the real point was how a company can think creatively to overcome obstacles that would have otherwise limited their growth.
March 13, 2015 9 a.m.
that, and the realization that there IS an inflation bubble steadily rising due to more and more speculators/hoarders/price gougers putting in money to the game. sad, really. I wish more kids would have access to the game and learn game theories and math and critical decision making early in life.
PepsiAddicted says... #2
ahh something to do :) thx
March 12, 2015 3:43 p.m.