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发表于 2024-09-25 ride adchoices theory

With her epilepsy somewhat under control, Nicole sets her sights on racing a horse. She begins by exploring a theory known as “The Endurance Running Hypothesis.…

Should You Pay Ransomware Attackers? A Game Theory Approach

发表于 2023-10-18 advises ransomware advertising

The FBI explicitly advises companies against paying ransomware attackers - but itself payed 4.4 million dollars worth of Bitcoin after the Colonial Pipeline att…

The U.S.-China trade war, according to game theory

发表于 2025-05-31 planet theory podcasts

Over the last few months U.S.-China trade relations have been pretty hard to make sense of – unless you look at what's happening through the lens of game theory…

How to win a penalty shootout (with game theory)

发表于 2026-07-04 shootout planet theory

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest soccer scorer of all time. But when it comes to penalty kicks, Messi is merely average. Why? Maybe the answer involves gam…

The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything

发表于 2026-09-19 domino planet theory

Did a pizza restaurant’s humble status page change how we wait forever? When you order a Lyft or Uber, you get texts every few minutes about your car approachin…

Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 1--An Overview

发表于 2009-04-06 sentiments klein theory

Dan Klein, of George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Adam Smith's lesser-known masterpiece, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Klein …

Don Boudreaux on Macroeconomics and Austrian Business Cycle Theory

发表于 2009-04-13 austrian macroeconomics aggregation

Don Boudreaux, of George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the microfoundations of macroeconomics and the Austrian theory of busines…

Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 2--A Discussion of Part I

发表于 2009-04-15 sentiments klein theory

This is the second podcast in the EconTalk Book Club discussion of The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. In this episode, Dan Klein of George Mason Univ…

Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 3--A Discussion of Part II

发表于 2009-04-22 sentiments klein theory

This is the third podcast in the EconTalk Book Club discussion of The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. In this episode, Dan Klein of George Mason Unive…

Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 4--A Discussion of Part III

发表于 2009-04-29 sentiments klein theory

This is the fourth podcast in the EconTalk Book Club discussion of The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. In this episode, Dan Klein of George Mason Univ…