Fishbanks（鱼行）是一款多人参与的网上模拟游戏，游戏参与者扮演渔民的角色，在游戏中与其他玩家竞争并应对鱼类资源储量和捕获量上的变化，最终达到将自身的净值最大化的目标。参与者需要购买、出售和建造船只，决定捕鱼地点并互相协商。游戏还为讲师提供了政策上的选择，包括拍卖新船、发放许可证以及实施配额。
O Fishbanks é uma simulação multijogador baseada na web na qual os participantes fazem o papel de pescadores e procuram maximizar seu patrimônio líquido enquanto, competem com outros jogadores e lidam com variações nos estoques de pescado e na captura. Os participantes compram, vendem e encomendam b...
Fishbanks is a multiplayer web-based simulation in which participants play the role of fishers and seek to maximize their net worth as they compete against other players and deal with variations in fish stocks and their catch. Participants buy, sell, and build ships; decide where to fish; and negoti...
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Set in 2009, and based on interviews with and publications by MIT Sloan Professors Simon Johnson and Andrew Lo, this note describes the “why” and “how” behind the global financial crisis that hit in 2008 as well as the short-term and long-range solutions being publicly advocated by Johnson and Lo.
