Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes

This NYT article caught my attention as a nice example of economic sociology.  The gist of it, captured in the quotation below, is about the shift in attitudes and practices around home buying and ownership in the US.   Traditionally home ownership is promoted by government policy and cultural norms because it is a means [...]

Market contagion

This will make economic sociologists of all of us.   Expand later…
A Crisis of Faith – New York Times
Today, we’re witnessing another kind of contagion, not so much across countries as across markets. Troubles that began a little over a year ago in an obscure corner of the financial system, BBB-minus subprime-mortgage-backed securities, have spread to [...]

Serious Play… A Title for Paper on Second Life

Here is the abstract Ted and I are working from. I am not sure whether to go for the Organization and Management Theory division or the Organization and Communication Information Systems division of AOM.
Titles?
The Influence of Economic and Social Incentive on the Evolution of Virtual Worlds
OR
Serious Play in Synthetic Worlds: [...]