ECONQUEST

Category: ECONQUEST

  • Nobody Told the Code About That Rule!

    Nobody Told the Code About That Rule!

    Building an app from a math-based paper game means surfacing every rule that lives in the creator’s head — and writing it down. Building an idea into a product means surfacing every rule that nobody thought to write down. That is not a flaw in the concept. It is the work. Look closely at the…

  • We Love Monopoly. EconQuest Is Something Else.

    We Love Monopoly. EconQuest Is Something Else.

    Monopoly made economic anxiety fun — EconQuest makes economic literacy real. Let’s start with some respect where respect is due. Monopoly figured out something most game designers spend careers chasing: it made economic anxiety fun. Buying Boardwalk feels powerful. Losing everything to a hotel on Park Place feels dramatic. The whole thing hums with emotional…

  • One eye on the map. One eye on the horizon.

    One eye on the map. One eye on the horizon.

    A teacher walked into a classroom with an idea, and that idea is about to change how economics gets taught. A few years ago, an AP Macroeconomics educator walked into a classroom with an idea. Not a textbook. Not a worksheet. An idea. He wanted his students to stop reading about the economy and start…