[lbo-talk] Game Theory question

[Charles Turner]

On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Ferenc Molnar wrote:


> Has Game Theory been applied to economics in a meaningful and useful way? Would you characterize the people working in this field as left or right or somewhere in between? Not a leading question. I'm completely in the dark on the entire subject.

I greatly enjoyed reading William Poundstone's social history, _Prisoner's Dilemma_:

<http://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Dilemma-William-Poundstone/dp/038541580X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317151139&sr=1-1>

and more related than you might imagine, Roy Rappaport's fabulous books on the Maring people, and on ritual:

<http://www.amazon.com/Pigs-Ancestors-Ritual-Ecology-Guinea/dp/157766101X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317151313&sr=1-2>

<http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Humanity-Cambridge-Cultural-Anthropology/dp/0521296900/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317151348&sr=1-1>

HTH, Charles