Let’s go to the movies! – Game Theory in films | with Santiago Sanchez-Pages In today’s episode, we discuss Game Theory in movies. Santiago shares in which movies the prisoner’s dilemma, the chicken game and other concepts are portrayed. The...
Podcast: Game Changer - the game theory podcast
Erschienen: 31.07.2023
Dauer: 24:31
Let’s go to the movies! – Game Theory in films | with Santiago Sanchez-Pages In today’s episode, we discuss Game Theory in movies. Santiago shares in which movies the prisoner’s dilemma, the chicken game and other concepts are portrayed. The discussion brings us to many known movies, amongst them ‘The dark knight’, ‘A Beautiful Mind’, and many others. Below we have listed a list of links of the movie clips we discuss in this episode. Santiago also shares in the discussion which of them were successful in portraying Game Theory and which ones could have done a better job. Santiago Sanchez-Pages is a Reader in Economics in the Department of Political Economy. His background is in economic theory, including bargaining, game theory and political economy, but one of his main research fields is also experimental economics. He has written a book on Economics in movies titled “The Representation of Economics in Cinema. Scarcity, Greed and Utopia”. L.A. Confidential (Prisoner's dilemma): L.A. Confidential (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Interrogation (1997) HD The Dark Knight (Prisoner's dilemma): Social experiment || Dark knight Rebel without a cause (chicken run): The Chicken Run: Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Footloose (Chicken run): Holding Out for a Hero Bonnie Tyler Footloose A Beautiful Mind (Nash equilibrium – or lack thereof): A Beautiful Mind - Bar Scene John Nash's Equilibrium Game Theory [1080p english full scene] Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Commitment): Doctor Strangelove - Doomsday Machine
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