This article is actually from a 192 page book titled Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation which covers the ancient world, the Roman Republic and Empire, Medieval Europe, the first centuries of the U.S. and Canada, the French Revolution, the 19th century, World Wars I and II, the Nazis, the Soviets, postwar rent control, and the 1970s. The book is kept short while covering four millennia by focusing on one specific area of interest.
There isn't much to learn in terms of basic principles for someone who is already familiar with Austrian Economics/Libertarianism/Anarcho-Capitalism. What you can learnis that history rhymes itself and you will find many examples to throw at people when discussing price controls.
Eve Online: The Closest Thing To A Simulated Economy
Eve Online is not a total simulation of a free market economy. But many of its elements are there. CCP Games have created a game with such a degree of complexity with half a million active players without even doing most of the work.
