Game Theory: A Critical Introduction

Game Theory: A Critical Introduction
ISBN-10
1134531060
ISBN-13
9781134531066
Series
Game Theory
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2004-03-01
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Yanis Varoufakis, Shaun Hargreaves-Heap

Description

In recent years game theory has swept through all of the social sciences. Its practitioners have great designs for it, claiming that it offers an opportunity to unify the social sciences and that it it the natural foundation of a rational theory of society. Game Theory is for those who are intrigued but baffled by these claims, and daunted by the technical demands of most introductions to the subject. Requiring no more than simple arithmetic, the book: * Traces the origins of Game Theory and its philosophical premises * Looks at its implications for the theory of bargaining and social contract theory * Gives a detailed exposition of all of the major `games' including the famous `prisoner's dilemma' * Analyses cooperative, non cooperative, repeated, evolutionary and experimental games

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