Over the past two decades, academic economics has undergone a mild revolution in methodology. The language, concepts and techniques of non-cooperative game theory have become central to the discipline. This book looks at why game theory has become such a popular tool of analysis. It examines the deficiencies in this methodology and goes on to consider whether its popularity will fade or whether it will remain an important tool for economists.
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Over the past two decades, academic economics has undergone a mild revolution in methodology. The language, concepts and techniques of non-cooperative game theory have become central to the discipline. This book looks at why game theory has become such a popular tool of analysis. It examines the deficiencies in this methodology and goes on to consider whether its popularity will fade or whether it will remain an important tool for economists.
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