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episode 106: Game Theory
In this episode we talk to Ryan Murphy of ETH Zuerich about Game Theory. We introduce the topic in general, discuss a number of important games and also address their applicability for various other sciences, including biology, politics and economics.
- Ryan Murphy
- Decision Theory
- Game Theory
- John von Neumann
- Prisoner’s dilemma
- Nash Equilibrium
- Emergence
- John M. Keynes
- Google Adwords Auction
- Coordination Game
- Neuroeconomics
- Game of Chicken
- Dictator Game
- Evolutionary Game Theory
- Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
- Externality
- Race to the Bottom
- Deflation
- Currency War
- Moral Hazard