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World 1 Markets · supply and demand

Playable market-clearing challenge

Invisible Hands

Nudge a street market toward equilibrium without directly commanding every buyer or seller. Set price expectations, release supply, and watch decentralized choices create shortages, surpluses, welfare gains, or deadweight loss.

GoalClear 5 market days
ConceptPrice signals coordinate plans
Best score0

Your levers

Set the market signal

You do not control individual agents. Your posted price and producer guidance change the incentives each side sees, then the invisible hand emerges from their responses.

Live market

Day 1

Demand 0
Supply 0
Gap 0

Tune the controls, then open the market day to see whether price coordinates buyers and sellers.

Learning score

Coordination dashboard

Welfare0
Score0
Stability0%
Market days0 / 5

Debrief

What the invisible hand is doing

Prices compress information. A high price invites production and screens out low-value buyers; a low price expands demand but can create scarcity if producers cannot cover costs.