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I think the closest you are getting are Steve Keen's work with a new dynamic modelling program called Minsky.

http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/minsky/

But frankly trying to model every damn individual is a fools errand. Keen limits himself to "classes", like workers, bankers and business owners.

that essentially means simulating a populations wants and desires, and the things that drive those wants and desires.... so The Sims with an accounts ledger. if it could be done you can be sure it would not be modeled correctly.

You're either underestimating social complexity or over estimating computer power. That's the same level of problem as simulating weather.