Re: John Nash on TV

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "stephen block" <stephenb@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: John Nash on TV


> I am wondering if anyone might be able to recommend a cogent, readable
> critical analysis of game theory. Specifically I am interested in an
> analysis of the use to which it was put, not so much a critique of the
> technical mathematics of it. If it includes a critical review of the social
> costs, the moral oblivion of it, the strategic trickery, so much the better.
>
> With appreciation,
>
> Stephen Block

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Wolfgang Balzer's "Game Theory & Power Theory: A Critical Comparison" in Thomas
Wartenberg ed. "Rethinking Power" [SUNY Press, 1992] is a great read. Below is the
link to Balzer's home page which has some papers available:

< http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~W.Balzer/BALZER.html >


Ian