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Strategic Reasoning, Equilibrium & Social Choice

Game theory across economics, evolutionary biology, and public ethics

Synthesizes Yale Game Theory, Stanford Behavioral Biology, and Harvard moral philosophy to examine incentives, coordination failures, and welfare trade-offs.

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4. Best responses in soccer and business partnerships
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Curriculum sequence

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Step 1·Yale University·Ben Polak·ECON 159· 1:12:05

4. Best responses in soccer and business partnerships

Builds best-response analysis in discrete and continuous strategic settings.

Step 2·Yale University·Ben Polak·ECON 159· 1:09:14

5. Nash equilibrium: bad fashion and bank runs

Demonstrates how Nash equilibria explain bank runs and coordination traps.

Step 3·Yale University·Ben Polak·ECON 159· 1:12:06

6. Nash equilibrium: dating and Cournot

Extends equilibrium reasoning to Cournot competition and strategic pricing.

Step 4·Stanford University·Robert Sapolsky·BIO 150· 1:36:57

Stanford BIO 150 Lecture 2: Behavioral Evolution I — Prisoner's Dilemma & Kin Selection

Tests iterated Prisoner's Dilemma and kin selection in biological evolution.

Step 5·Harvard University·Michael Sandel·ER22· 55:10

Harvard Justice #02: Putting a Price Tag on Life — Cost-Benefit Analysis & John Stuart Mill

Critiques utilitarian cost-benefit aggregation when pricing human welfare.