Old Indian Texts

Slides

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Chapter I:
Introduction: Old Indian literature and microeconomics or with voice

Part A. Decision theory

Chapter II:
Preferences or with voice

Chapter III:
Decisions or with voice

Chapter IV:
Decision theory for the Bhagavad Gita or with voice

Chapter V:
Monopoly theory and Kautilya's market tax or with voice

Part B. Game theory

Chapter VI:
Noncooperative games or with voice

Chapter VII:
Backward induction or with voice

Chapter VIII:
Ordeals or with voice

Chapter IX:
Judicial Wagers or with voice

Chapter X:
Indian Principal Agent Theory or with voice

Chapter XI:
The mandala theory or with voice

Chapter XII:
Language Competition

Chapter XIII:
The Shapley Value in the Upanishads or with voice

Chapter XIV:
Brahmanical Theories of the Gift or with voice

Most topics are based on papers or on the book "Exchange, Gifting, and Sacrificing", published by the author.