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Passage A is from a source published in 2004 and passage B is from a source published in 2007.

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Intro topic · Multiplayer online games

People play charaters tht band together to kill monsters. (Think World of Warcraft.)

Castronova's interest · Intrigued by economy in multiplayer online games

People collected things from monsters after killing them, and traded those things. This was an economy.

Additional point of interest · "Player auctions"

People sometimes sold their online character's possessions.

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Castronova's discovery · Trading game items was currency trading

Items in-game had an in-game value. But when these items were sold for real money, that meant the in-game currency had real-life value.

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Intro topic · Real-world trading of in-game items

Most games prohibit it, but some encourage it.

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Important questions · Is acquiring in-game items taxable? Is money made from selling in-game items taxable?

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Author's perspective · Acquiring items shouldn't be taxable, but the sale should be taxed

Acquiring in-game items should be like things that require effort to obtain (ex. fishing). Taxable at sale, not acquisition.

Author's perspective · Sale of in-game items for real-world money should be taxable

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This is the best answer. A magazine article would fit for Passage A, because of the informal style. A law journal article fits for Passage B, because it explores questions about how law should apply.

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The informal style of Passage A doesn’t fit a technical journal for economists. Also, Passage B isn’t written for a general audience, because we wouldn’t expect the general audience to be interested in arguments about tax law and policy.

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Passage A wouldn’t be found in a science-fiction novel, because there’s nothing fictional in Passage A. Passage A is telling us about what an actual economist discovered. There’s no suggestion anything is made up in Passage A.

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Passage B wouldn’t be found in a science fiction novel, because it’s not a piece of fiction.

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