Recommended Books

These are a few of my favorite books related to game theory, personal finance, and a few related topics.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I have!

Game Theory

Thinking Strategically The best introduction about game theory

The Art of Strategy The 2008 version of “Thinking Strategically” with many new sections

Co-Opetition A business book explaining applications of game theory

Gaming the Vote The game theory of voting, full of great examples

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life A fun, layperson intro to game theory–worth a read. See my full review.

Game Theory at Work A book with many calculating, selfish, but fun examples in game theory

A Beautiful Mind A great biography of John Nash, the “father” of non-cooperative game theory

Personal Finance

Die Broke An amazing book on personal finance–see my full review

The Black Swan A modern classic about risk and financial markets–a must-read for educated investors and decision makers

Spend ‘Til the End An introduction to “consumption smoothing,” the goal of getting the highest sustainable living standard

Textbooks

These are a few books I enjoyed during college and thought you might like them too:

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

Elementary Classical Analysis

Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces

Analysis On Manifolds (Advanced Book Classics)

Abstract Algebra

Introduction to Set Theory, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded (Pure and Applied Mathematics)

Putting Auction Theory to Work (Churchill Lectures in Economics)

Microeconomic Theory

Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets

International Economics: Theory and Policy