Investing in the Metaverse

Investing in the Metaverse
A staff member wears a virtual-reality headset as the 'Spur' dish is served in the main dining room of a virtual reality restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 16, 2018. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
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Young people feel attraction to the metaverse that older folks cannot understand. Some young enthusiasts have even bought property in that entirely imaginary land—as an investment, they say.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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