Beste Games Explained podcasts (2024)

Prof. Aumann shares his take on Israeli Military Strategy, the study of knots and his simple philosophy in life: "If I want to do something, I do it."

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Prof. Maitreesh Ghatak on Laissez-Faire vs Dirigisme (part 3/3) 12:35

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Prof. Maitreesh Ghatak shares his views on Laissez-Faire vs Dirigisme in a developing economy, and the level of intervention policymakers plan depending on the development in the country.

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Prof. Maitreesh Ghatak on Incentives in Bribery (part 2/3) 9:09

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Professor Maitreesh Ghatak shares his views on Incentives in Bribery and corruption.

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Prof. Maitreesh Ghatak on Joint Liability in Microfinance (part 1/3) 12:13

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Professor Maitreesh Ghatak shares his insights on Joint Liability in microcredit and microfinance, and gives a basic introduction to the problem of bribery.

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Dr. Robert Simon on Politics and Game Theory (part 3/3) 9:58

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Dr. Robert Simon shares his take on Game Theory behind politics, social institutions, dictatorships and God.

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Dr. Robert Simon on Banach-Tarski Paradox (part 2/3) 16:44

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Dr. Robert Simon shares his views on the Banach-Tarski Paradox, Myopic Equilibria and Computational applications of Game Theory.

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Dr. Robert Simon on Stochastic Games (part 1/3) 16:52

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Dr. Robert Simon discusses his three favourite types of non-zero sum games - Stochastic Games, Repeated Games and Bayesian Games.

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Prof. Ratul Lahkar on Social Equilibrium Problem (part 3/3) 16:31

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Prof. Ratul Lahkar talks about Social Equilibrium Problem and significance of social elements in evolutionary game theory.

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Prof. Ratul Lahkar on War of Attrition (part 2/3) 11:04

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Professor Ratul Lahkar shares his insights on a particular evolutionary Game Theory game known as War of Attrition.

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Prof. Ratul Lahkar on Evolutionary Game Theory (part 1/3) 15:36

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Prof. Ratul Lahkar talks about the differences between classical and evolutionary Game Theory.

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Prof. Debasis Mishra on Vickrey-Dutch Procurement Auctions (part 3/3) 16:10

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Professor Debasis Mishra talks about ascending and descending price auctions along with vickrey auctions.

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Prof. Debasis Mishra on Top Trading Cycle Algorithm (part 2/3) 14:12

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Professor Debasis Mishra gives us greater insight into matching theory by describing the two facets- Gale-Shapley and TTC.

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Prof. Debasis Mishra on Gale-Shapley Deferred Acceptance Algorithm (part 1/3) 13:31

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Professor Debasis Mishra talks about the Gale-Shapley Deferred Acceptance Algorithm and Matching Theory.

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Prof. Parikshit Ghosh on Second Highest Bidder Auctions (part 3/3) 10:37

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In this episode, professor parikshit Ghosh talks about auction theory, its types and advantages.

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Prof. Parikshit Ghosh on Cheap Talk Games (part 2/3) 13:32

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Professor Parikshit Ghosh talks about cheap talk games, signalling games and moral limits of markets.

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Prof. Parikshit Ghosh on Nash Bargaining Theorem (part 1/3) 12:31

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Professor Parikshit Ghosh gives an insight into behavioural economics, oligopolies and the Nash Bargaining Concept.

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Prof. Arunava Sen on Voting Design (part 3/3) 19:36

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This week we conclude the discussion with professor Arunava Sen and talk about voting design, social choice theory and division of inheritance.

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Prof. Arunava Sen on Auction Theory (part 2/3) 18:14

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In this week’s episode, we continue the discussion with professor Arunava Sen on Auction Theory, The judgment of King Solomon, and games with private information.

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Prof. Arunava Sen on Mechanism Design (part 1/3) 18:14

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Professor Arunava Sen joins us and talks about the history of Game Theory, an introduction to its application in voting and his area of expertise - mechanism design.

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Game Analysis: Poker 7:15

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We introduce extensive form games and discuss how to play a game where the strength of other players is uncertain.

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Maxmin Strategies & Correlated Equilibrium 7:06

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We talk about maxmin and minmax strategies, zero sum games, intuition and a correlated equilibrium system.

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Iterative Removal 7:05

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Here, we talk about iterative removal of dominated strategies to help us predict possible outcomes of games.

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Game Analysis: Soccer 6:39

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This weeks episode applies theoretical concepts into an actual sport, and tries to analyse the best strategies from the perspectives of goalies and kickers during penalty kicks.

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Pareto Optimality & Betting on Games 6:18

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In this episode we explore Pareto optimality, how to bet on outcomes and when is having no strategy, the best strategy.

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Keynes Beauty Contest Game 7:20

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In this episode we explore the traditional Keynes Beauty Contest Game and the presence of strictly and weakly dominant and dominated strategies.

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Nash Equilibrium & The Stock Market 6:02

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This episode talks about the basic building block of game theory- Nash Equilibrium, and it’s application in the stock market.

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Game Theory Basics & The Prisoners’ Dilemma 5:31

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In this episode, I go over the basics of Game Theory and apply these principles to a game known as ‘The Prisoners Dilemma’.

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Episode 11 - Cards-Only Games 34:55

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No dice, no tokens, no board: What's the best cards-only game?

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Episode 10 - Games With Few Pieces 39:25

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52 cards? That's way too many! Can you have a game with only ... one piece!?

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Episode 9 - Action Queue Games 33:57

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Queue up your actions, and watch what happens! We talk about our favourites, then ask: "What if...?"

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Episode 8 - Online Board Games 40:54

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Playing games with friends who are far away! But how?! We find out. :)

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Episode 7 - Topology 31:20

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Let's talk about board games, and topology! "Topography?" you say. "No, my dear person" I reply, "Topology. Like from math." "?", you inquire. ":)", I agree, only with myself.