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Understanding Economics

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Understanding Economics

By: Jay R. Corrigan, The Great Courses
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Game theory is the study of strategic decision-making in politics, sports, diplomacy, and a host of other areas, but especially in economics, where game theory flourishes. Understanding Economics: Game Theory introduces you to this fascinating field, which combines the fun and challenge of games with the logic of brain teasers. In 12 engaging half-hour lessons, Professor Jay R. Corrigan of Kenyon College analyzes such classic games as the prisoner’s dilemma and the hawk-dove game. While these particular games involve lawbreakers and animal rivalries, they have applications to many situations.

Each lesson is devoted to a handful of examples, which you investigate in detail, working out the possible strategies for the different competitors and their expected payoffs. Along the way, you discover why it’s hard to buy a good used car, why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit, why athletes ignore the risks and use performance-enhancing drugs, and how to bid in different kinds of auctions to increase your payoff—and also why you might regret winning one special type of auction.

Professor Corrigan covers fundamental concepts, such as dominant strategy and Nash equilibrium, the latter named for the reclusive genius who was profiled in the movie A Beautiful Mind. He teaches you how to diagram a game with a payoff matrix, which is a table that shows every player’s payoff based on the chosen strategies. You also practice backward induction, where you start at the game’s last round and work your way back to the beginning to determine your best opening move. These are all powerful tools for seeing the game from opposing points of view and uncovering an optimum strategy. After taking this course, you’ll know what to do the next time you bargain for a used car or get caught in the frenzy of an auction.

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game theory is a very fascinaring subject. it can explain a lot tha goes on on this crazy plannet. and it takes a little of the crazy away.
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excellent contennt and presenter

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This professor is not only excited about the subject, but also excellent at explaining it. The intended audience is simply an educated layman with an interest in the subject. Only a knowledge of high school algebra is required to follow the details.

I really enjoyed his explanation of Nash equilibriae, which I had struggled to understand in the past. I will definitely be seeking out other course offerings by him.

This was an audible plus title, but I would have cheerfully paid cash for it.

Truly fascinating

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I consider this very Loosely connected to economics. Save your time read something else, the word "economics" is mentioned frequently but I think the tie-in is very loose.

Game tbeory

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This audiobook comes with a PDF, which you need to refer to in order to understand the probability. This book covers different scenarios of game theory. The most famous is the prisoner's dilemma, but there are so many more situations where people are deciding what to do based on what someone else is going to do (e.g., how much to bid in an auction and how much to offer for a used car).

Refer to the PDF

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it's good. the math is hard to follow just listening to it at times.

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Very interesting but not what I expected. Not much nuts and bolts. Very little math and it centered around game theory.

How entertaining it was

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If you have heard people talk about game theory but didn’t understand what it meant this is the place to start

Should be learned by all

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if you're driving or otherwise not reading the accompanying PDF, the examples/scenarios can be confusing, but you're still able to understand the big picture. love the topic and the lecturer was good!

Excellent introduction to game theory

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As a law prof, I admire the work it takes to make something like this palatable and digestible for actual people. This is a gem.

The best entry point I've seen for game theory

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Good Course. The PDF Would Be Helpful. I learned a bit without the PDF or tracking the details of the equations but couldn't really "learn" it that way.

Good Course. The PDF Would Be Helpful.

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