Comments on: Using mechanism design to improve your finances…it’s as easy as splitting a Coke http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Thu, 17 May 2012 07:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Quora http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-13567 Quora Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:08:50 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/#comment-13567 <strong>How would you explain game theory to a ten year old?...</strong> I've actually written several posts about how to engage kids in game theory. Here are some examples that come to mind. 1. Cake cutting I agree cake-cutting is a perfect example. There's a Jif peanut butter commercial about this, although the mom comp... How would you explain game theory to a ten year old?…

I’ve actually written several posts about how to engage kids in game theory. Here are some examples that come to mind. 1. Cake cutting I agree cake-cutting is a perfect example. There’s a Jif peanut butter commercial about this, although the mom comp…

]]> By: A Day in the Life of a Game Theorist: A Tribute to One Year of Game Theory Tuesdays - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-9502 A Day in the Life of a Game Theorist: A Tribute to One Year of Game Theory Tuesdays - Mind Your Decisions Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:03:38 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/#comment-9502 [...] This formulation may sound strange but it has intellectual value because many of the games we play are against our conflicting desires, and as the old saying goes, many times we are our own worst enemy. Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling studied self-management problems as a combination of economics and ego management and coined the term “egonomics.” Game theory principles can be used to think about a variety of self-improvement problems like losing weight or even planning for retirement. [...] [...] This formulation may sound strange but it has intellectual value because many of the games we play are against our conflicting desires, and as the old saying goes, many times we are our own worst enemy. Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling studied self-management problems as a combination of economics and ego management and coined the term “egonomics.” Game theory principles can be used to think about a variety of self-improvement problems like losing weight or even planning for retirement. [...]

]]> By: A Day in the Life of a Game Theorist: A Tribute to One Year of Game Theory Tuesdays - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-9503 A Day in the Life of a Game Theorist: A Tribute to One Year of Game Theory Tuesdays - Mind Your Decisions Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:03:38 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/#comment-9503 [...] This formulation may sound strange but it has intellectual value because many of the games we play are against our conflicting desires, and as the old saying goes, many times we are our own worst enemy. Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling studied self-management problems as a combination of economics and ego management and coined the term “egonomics.” Game theory principles can be used to think about a variety of self-improvement problems like losing weight or even planning for retirement. [...] [...] This formulation may sound strange but it has intellectual value because many of the games we play are against our conflicting desires, and as the old saying goes, many times we are our own worst enemy. Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling studied self-management problems as a combination of economics and ego management and coined the term “egonomics.” Game theory principles can be used to think about a variety of self-improvement problems like losing weight or even planning for retirement. [...]

]]> By: A Day in the Life of a Game Theorist: A Tribute to One Year of Game Theory Tuesdays - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-9501 A Day in the Life of a Game Theorist: A Tribute to One Year of Game Theory Tuesdays - Mind Your Decisions Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:03:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/#comment-9501 [...] This formulation may sound strange but it has intellectual value because many of the games we play are against our conflicting desires, and as the old saying goes, many times we are our own worst enemy. Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling studied self-management problems as a combination of economics and ego management and coined the term “egonomics.” Game theory principles can be used to think about a variety of self-improvement problems like losing weight or even planning for retirement. [...] [...] This formulation may sound strange but it has intellectual value because many of the games we play are against our conflicting desires, and as the old saying goes, many times we are our own worst enemy. Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling studied self-management problems as a combination of economics and ego management and coined the term “egonomics.” Game theory principles can be used to think about a variety of self-improvement problems like losing weight or even planning for retirement. [...]

]]> By: Outcome Obsession: The Problem of Mechanism Design, as Demonstrated in Baseball - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-8956 Outcome Obsession: The Problem of Mechanism Design, as Demonstrated in Baseball - Mind Your Decisions Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:32:32 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/23/game-theory-tuesdays-use-mechanism-design-to-improve-your-finances/#comment-8956 [...] solve routine problems. I was thrilled to see that one reader intends to use mechanism design as a parenting tool. I hope the reader will design a good mechanism and succeed in its application. But it would be [...] [...] solve routine problems. I was thrilled to see that one reader intends to use mechanism design as a parenting tool. I hope the reader will design a good mechanism and succeed in its application. But it would be [...]

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