Game Theory

By Game Theory

Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts.

The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Tra... more

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How many episodes does Game Theory have?

The podcast currently has 122 episodes available.

Game Theory episodes:

October 18, 2023 91. Diderot Effect - How Buying Something Nice Can Make You Hate Your Stuff
In this episode, the boys get into something called the Diderot Effect.
Googliography: TBD
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59min
October 11, 2023 90. Delta's Meltdown & Starbucks Stars: How Company's Turned Loyalty Into a Bank
In this episode, the boys talk about the Delta Sky Miles mess and how Starbucks Stars have evolved to a $2 billion source of revenue.
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1h 2min
October 03, 2023 89. Social Contagion: TikTok Tourrette's; Salem Witch Trials; & The Great June Bug Hysteria
In this episode, the guys break down how ideas can spread out of control.
Googliography:
Social contagion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contagion
Nudge Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory
'TikTok Tics: A Pandemic Within a Pandemic': https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mdc3.13316
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1h 6min
September 26, 2023 88. The Pink Tax - Oil Changes, Calculators, & Laxatives: Why Business Charge More for Products Marketed to Women
In this episode, the boys look into all aspects of the pink tax -- what it means, how it happened, and what we can do about it.
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54min
September 20, 2023 87. Benford's Law: How is This a Real Thing; Using Naturally Occurring Numbers to Fight Fraud
In this episode, the guys break down Benford's Law -- what it is, what it means, and what we can learn from the world around us.

Check out the scientific american story here:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-benfords-law-why-this-unexpected-pattern-of-numbers-is-everywhere/
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52min
September 12, 2023 86. The Bad-Vibes Economy: Why Do We Feel This Way?
In this episode, the boys talk about the so-called Vibe-session and what it means for our biases in the American economy.
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1h
September 05, 2023 85. The Great Ice Cream Lie, Learning Styles Are Fake, & How Conventional Wisdom Can Hurt You
In this episode, the boys talk about how scientists may have known for years now that ice cream may be good for you.
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49min
August 29, 2023 84. Tipping Wars: The Dictator Game, Supply & Demand, and That Awkward Moment at the Register
In this episode, the boys talk about the great American tipping wars
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https://twitter.com/tribnic
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Googliography:
https://www.foodandwine.com/coffee/baristas-reveal-how-they-feel-when-you-dont-tip
https://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro/what-we-wish-restaurant-guests-knew-about-tipping
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/20/15840818/uber-tipping-option-app-seattle-minneapolis-houston (Uber adds tipping)
https://daily.jstor.org/why-do-people-tip/
Chicago's fight over tipping ($$ WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/americas-fight-over-tipping-at-restaurants-comes-to-its-biggest-battleground-yet-13cd80a6
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1h 2min
August 15, 2023 83. Random Walks & Markov Chains: How To Lose All of Your Money Gambling & Predict the Future
In this episode, the boys talk about a mathematical hypothesis and its tentacles that help describe probability with practical implications for drivers, gamblers, and anyone with money invested.
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Googliography :
Markov Chain:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
Random Walk:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_walk
Martingale Strategy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(probability_theory)
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55min
August 08, 2023 82. Data Torture: Harvard Dishonesty Scandal; Purdue Pharma Chart; Men Lying About Height
In this episode, the boys examine how data is manipulated and tortured to show different results. And how you can tell
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Googliography
Harvard Scandal
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LV1F3N/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LVrpQP/
Men's heights and P values
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LVFpvB/
Purdue Pharma Log Chart
https://twitter.com/benjamin_rubin/status/1462971186569265154?t=AwA0tibpRN7FSLkV12bidw&s=19
Open Access Publication Models
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:21a9ae0b-243f-343c-825a-910f61cb04f2
Medical fraud
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/02/22/there-is-a-worrying-amount-of-fraud-in-medical-research
Japanese Math Throwdown
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-mystery-shinichi-mochizuki-and-the-impenetrable-proof/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/titans-of-mathematics-clash-over-epic-proof-of-abc-conjecture-20180920/
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1h 5min

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