Classic game theory asks the question of whether rational decision-makers choose between conflict or cooperation and how that impacts their outcomes. Alex takes this idea to a new level by applying game theory to economics where the players are really world powers. In particular, he's interested in how international policy can be reflected through game theory.

Suggested Reading:

John Oliver's piece on hard & soft power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCjk_NPsIqU&feature=youtu.be

A fun blog of digressions on game theory, politics, and economics:
https://cheaptalk.org/

A paper Alex mentioned about Bayesian statistics: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/emir.kamenica/documents/bayesianPersuasion.pdf

In depth blog on Econ research from a Northwestern grad:  https://afinetheorem.wordpress.com/

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Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro
Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Trashed Equilibrium

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