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Hey kids! Why bother with Minecraft when you could play an evidence-based policy sim?Australia's Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released a game, Run That Town, that borrows heavily form SimCity to give players the chance to learn about the way statistics are used to shape policy.…

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