Tagged: Game theory

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Even presupposing extraordinary cognitive capacities and levels of patience among the cooperating individuals, there is no reason to believe that a group of more than two individuals would ever discover the cooperative Nash equilibria that the [Folk Theorem] models have identified, and if it were to hit on one, its members would almost certainly abandon it in short order.#

What's Holding Back Blockchain Finance? On the Possibility of Decentralized Autonomous Finance
Despite the rapid innovation of the past decade in adapting blockchain technology to new uses, financial intermediation remains elusive except in basic and highly collateralized forms. This paper considers the prospects for lending and financial intermediation on the blockchain. For its various forms, ranging from collateralized direct lending to fractional-reserve . . .
The Feudal Origins of the Western Legal Tradition
This paper draws a distinction between ‘communitarian’ and ‘rationalist’ legal orders on the basis of the implied political strategy. We argue that the West’s solution to the paradox of governance – that a government strong enough to protect rights cannot itself be restrained from violating those rights – originates in . . .
Inside and Outside Perspectives on Legitimacy: An Economic Theory of the Noble Lie
The impossibility of constructing totally incentive-compatible institutions, whether organizationally or politically, implies the necessity of something like what has traditionally been called a “noble lie”. Specifically, drawing on the theory of cooperation, the paper argues that viable social organization requires a systematic divergence between subjective preferences and the objective fitness . . .