Game theory and Behavioral Economics Book Club:
Choose a book for the semester. Click the drop down menu below or click through the book cover images on the left. You will participate in 8 weekly book discussions (7 formative, not graded; 1 summative, graded), and you will write a book review commentary of 750 words when you finish your book (summative).
Spend time on Goodreads and other sites reviewing the books before making a choice.
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Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
Freakonomics, Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely
Gladiators, Pirates, and Games of Trust, Haim Shapiro
The Logic of Life, Tim Harford
Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, Nassim Taleb
Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz
Nudge, Richard Thaler
Do we behave rationally or irrationally?
What did you learn from the book?
In what ways do you agree with the author and how do you disagree with the author?
How could the ideas in the book be used to shape government policy?
How could these ideas be used in business?
How could schools benefit from the ideas in your book?