This is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core Econ together with our listeners. Robots are doing their part during ...

So you’re standing at the edge of a cliff, chained by the ankle to someone else. You’ll be released, and one of you will get a large prize, as soon as the other gives in. How do you persuade the other ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Human behavior drives the evolution of biological organisms in ways that can profoundly adversely impact human welfare. Understanding people's incentives when they do so is essential to identify ...

Game theory helps investors predict outcomes in markets where decisions impact each other. Understanding game theory equips investors to strategically anticipate market actions. Game theory-informed ...

An American and an American Israeli were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday for fostering the understanding of conflict and cooperation -- in matters such as nuclear arms ...

I n the epilogue of their blockbuster book Mostly Harmless Econometrics (2009), Josh Angrist and Steve Pischke write, “If applied econometrics were easy, theorists would do it.” As academic jokes go, ...

Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...

Being the Princeton psychic along Nassau Street is a no-brainer. "You are going to work at Merrill Lynch." "You come from a privileged background." "She'll sleep with you when she's drunk." It's a ...