With each click of the mouse, the orange balloon on the screen expands, adding five more cents to a pile of cash. The sum, recorded at the left corner of the computer screen, reads $3.05. Click. Click. Fifteen cents goes up to 20 cents. Twenty goes up to 25.
At any click, the balloon may pop. The green “Collect” button presents a tempting choice: cash in, or risk it all and go for more?
The money isn’t real, but the tension is: the game will play a role in whether college interns will land highly coveted spots at the investment ...