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[Mangala]

http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/pdf/QEN_Q1-2009.pdf

Dear Capsuleers,

This is the Quarterly Economic Newsletter (QEN) for the first quarter of 2009 (Q1). In this version we have interesting information on demographics as well as a sneek preview of some statistics for wormholes and tech III. Of course the standard information on price changes is also there in addition to the market snapshots, showing an interesting development in several items on the EVE market.

Please enjoy and looking forward to the discussion on the forums.

This grabbed me and others over on SHC where I got the heads up on this.  I'll probably have more to say once i finished reading:

The top 100 characters in EVE (0.015% of all accounts) hold 5.5% of total cash in all active and paying accounts. The top 10% of all characters in EVE (64,500 characters in total) hold more than 88% of all ISK in wallets at any given time.

[Mangala]

Next QEN is out.

The Quarterly Economic Newsletter for Q2 of 2009 is now ready with some very interesting info on Tech II production and changes in ships flying in space. Of course it has other standard info as well, such as price indices, market snapshots and demographic information and some new info on how ISK is distributed throughout space.

It takes a lot of work from many people to make a QEN. There is a team of researchers that mines the massive amount of data available from TQ and analyse it to the best of our knowledge. But once that work is done another team takes over and creates the awesome looking layout of the pdf document and everyone within CCP is given the opportunity to read over the document and comment on the content and findings presented there. So many thanks go to all of those that have worked on this issue of the QEN, even working very late into the night to make sure that it gets published.

EVE has emerged as a society on its own, with player driven economy, politics and democratically elected council. This means that even though we have access to terabytes of data we do not always know exactly what is going on because much of what goes on the market is a part of future plans for individuals, corporations and alliances. We can use standard economic theory to analyse general trends but getting down to the specifics takes you guys, the pilots of EVE, to digest and debate the findings in the QEN for the second quarter of 2009.

So let the games begin - looking forward to reading and discussing your comments.

- EyjoG and the research team

Interesting thing to note is, our 300 trillion isk economy is roughly $17million in real money Not bad a faux economy in something thats just a game really.

[Ferrosol]

The top 100 characters in EVE (0.015% of all accounts) hold 5.5% of total cash in all active and paying accounts. The top 10% of all characters in EVE (64,500 characters in total) hold more than 88% of all ISK in wallets at any given time.

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Hmm art imitates life then. Its almost depressing in a way that in the wide open sandbox that is EVE we have recreated the same inequalities that exist in real life. Oh well when the revolution comes they will be the first to be lined up against the POS's and doomsdayed 

[Warcold]

At least the bottom 1% doesnt have to sleep under carton boxes

[Gunnarr]

At least the bottom 10% doesnt have to sleep under carton boxes

Fixed.

Edit: At least.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTFKpIaQhM