Capitalism 2 is an amazing, economic game, which offers very high complexity, not available in current (targeted to "average Joe") games. I would say that it's perfect for students interested in economical aspects of running a company. Branding, marketing, competing with local sellers, selling imported products or create products just from subproducts - really tons of options and huge fun for those who need a little bit more complexity than current "economical" games offer.
Shame that Capitalism 3 has never appeared.