In the episode Nate and Pete dig into the economic side of things. This episode also comes with a reading list:

• Monster Manual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Manual
• Playing at the world: https://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/
• Game Wizards: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/game-wizards
• Sid Meier's: Memoir!: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24729402