Re: John Nash on TV

["J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>]

Stephen,
     A very controversial book that includes a
sharp critique of Nash's approach to game
theory, as well as a broader discussion of its
history and development is Phil Mirowski's
_Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a
Cyborg Science_, 2002, Cambridge University
Press, available in paperback.  This book is
frying a lot of other fish besides game theory and
must be viewed as both very important, as well
as very controversial.  I happen to disagree with
a number of things in it, including thinking that its
critique of Nash is overdone, but also think that
it is right about a lot of stuff and that it contains a
lot of material that has never been seen or discussed
seriously before.
Barkley Rosser
----- Original Message -----
From: "stephen block" <stephenb@xxxxxxxx>
To: <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:25 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.
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> With appreciation,
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> Stephen Block
> Montreal
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