Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond

Learn how to apply the precepts of game theory to help you make better decisions at work, home, or anywhere with this highly useful course taught by an award-winning professor.

• By This Professor
• 01: The World of Game Theory
• 02: The Nature of the Game
• 03: The Real Life Chessboard-Sequential Games
• 04: Life's Little Games-The 2 x 2 Classic Games
• 05: Guessing Right-Simultaneous Move Games
• 06: Practical Applications of Game Theory
• 07: A Random Walk-Dealing with Chance Events
• 08: Pure Competition-Constant-Sum Games
• 09: Mixed Strategies and Nonzero-Sum Games
• 10: Threats, Promises, and Commitments
• 11: Credibility, Deterrence, and Compellence
• 12: Incomplete and Imperfect Information
• 13: Whom Can You Trust?-Signaling and Screening
• 14: Encouraging Productivity-Incentive Schemes
• 15: The Persistence of Memory-Repeated Games
• 16: Does This Stuff Really Work?
• 17: The Tragedy of the Commons
• 18: Games in Motion-Evolutionary Game Theory
• 19: Game Theory and Economics-Oligopolies
• 20: Voting-Determining the Will of the People
• 21: Auctions and the Winner's Curse
• 22: Bargaining and Cooperative Games
• 23: Game Theory and Business-Co-opetition
• 24: All the World's a Game