Economics and Game Theory

Sunday 20th May, 5pm GMT

With Andy having fled the country, Will is joined by Trevor Wood to talk about Nash equilibria, reputation-based currency, and the 16th-century tulip bubble. (They will try to avoid discussing Diplomacy too much.)

You may remember Trevor from his Season 2 appearance on mathematics and mathematicians.

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About the Show

On Sundays at 5pm UTC on Cam FM (97.2FM in Cambridge, and streaming online), Dr Andy Holding and Will “Jefferson” Thompson, Esq. discuss the science of fiction with a range of guest experts (and tenuously-related music), often with hilarious results. Expect anything from time travel to advice on how to survive the impending zombie apocalypse!

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