Archive for August, 2007

5 ways to make your threat appear credible

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Read more Game Theory (new article every Tuesday) A word of caution: I write this article not to encourage deceit, but to arm honest people with the means for proper defense. There are two kinds of threats: credible and non-credible. A threat is credible if it will likely be followed through. For ...

Economics: the formal definition of a game

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Read more Game Theory (new article every Tuesday) I gave a brief history of game theory in my introductory post. Game theory is about making actions based on what you think others might do, taking into account that other people are acting based on what you might do. The circularity is ...