Game theory
Identity, Tolerance and Backwardness: An Aspiration towards an Undisciplined Discipline
In this talk, I trace the relevance of the word backwardness, and its imbrication in the affiliated words identity and tolerance, for the discipline of political economy. Towards this end, I project the word backwardness to two different registers and its two constituent theoretical sub-registers: Walrasian [ADMA (Arrow-Debreu-McKenzie-Aumann)] general equilibrium theory and Cournotian [VNH (vonNeumann-Nash-Harsanyi)] game theory.
Subversive Conversations
Two friends with identical interests have to share information in order to determine their optimal decision. Their communication will be observed by an uninformed third party with different interests who fully understands the intended meaning of all messages. Can the friends take their ideal decision without the observer ever objecting?
