Interesting article from a guy who, it seems, more or less ran the economy on Star Wars Galaxies:
www.mediumdifficulty.com/20...
It all started during alpha testing:
One day, I inquired as to how the economy would be structured. The answer I got very literally changed my life. “We haven’t really planned for much of anything. I think the players will structure it organically.” I was dumbstruck. I didn’t respond and started taking notes. I took a lot of notes — entire composition books sat next to my monitor.