Eve Online - Political Econ Project v3: Ode to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

Here is my VERY cheesy, but hopefully still awesome, video submitted to my Political Economy class. I worked on it for 2/3rds of the semester using many Eve Online videos from the youtube community, my own video captures using FRAPs, screen shots from my own epic Excel workbook for market stuff, shots from the QEN 2010 3rd quarter, as well as my own work with designing some animation in Flash.

Credits for the specific videos cited are at the end.

This is the final version, I believe-so enjoy!!

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For my political econ class, we had the option of memorizing a paragraph from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations or to do a creative alternative that emphasized some quality of that paragraph. Here is what it was:

"The economic freedom that allows people to cooperate with one another through the voluntary exchange of private property rights -- to buy, sell, and trade as each best sees fit under the rule of law -- contributes to the development of personal and national wealth. It unleashes a process that allows people to seek their comparative advantage, to find ways to produce and deliver scarce goods and services at lower cost, and to tap the entrepreneurial motive that drives the market process."

I've played Eve Online for more than three years now and focused in the market and industrial aspects of it since then. This creative alternative screamed Eve since I first heard we could do the alternative.

Hope you like the outcome =)

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• online
• political
• economy
• class
• project
• market
• ccp
• Adam
• smith
• wealth
• of
• nations

[Dezmodian]

The views for my video... yes, they are over 9000! HA! Tired old youtube meme milestone met and reused! Excellent!

[Epoch615]

Ok we need the important info, what grade did you get on this?

[Dezmodian]

@Epoch615 There was no grade to be given for this, but I'm sure I would have done well! What I did get was 5% on each of the tests and 10% credit on the final for the class :)

[Dezmodian]

Wow-heh, thanks for all the comments guys :)

Eve forever! ;)

[Dezmodian]

@fcentauri8 I got a very strong and enthusiastic response from my instructor and my class (applauded twice!) :) My instructor is one of those Econ teacher that are *really* into it, and she was thrilled to see such parallels to economics that the game has to offer.

I also showed her a copy of the QEN (Quarterly Economic Newsletter, 2010 3rd quarter) report, all 50 some pages of it heh. She was really impressed.

CCP has done an outstanding job delivering a game that works on so many levels!

[Varagbogrot]

nice vid sir hope u got good marks for it

[Killadog1980]

two steps from hell makes this awsome video even more awsome

[YuTe3712]

I am VERY surprised that this video doesn't have more views. This should have hundreds of thousands!

Best summary of EVE Online I've ever seen yet. And for a school project too!!! o.O

[wakamoon369]

Very good speaking voice!

[Killadog1980]

this vid doesnt have enough views!

[wecontinue]

@W0lfenstrike I know that Sountrack very well its used on the Mass Effect trailers, and certain TV ads. Everytime I hear Freedom Fighters I want to punch the air and reign destruction on my foes!.

[wecontinue]

Everytime I hear Freedom Fighters I want to punch the air and shout HOOOOOOO!