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1、GAMETHEORY,SECONDEDITIONGametheorynowprovidesthetheoreticalunderpinningformostareasofeconomics.Moreover,ithasspreadfastinotherdisciplines,energisedbyclaimsthatitrepresentsanopportunitytounifythesocialsciences,tofoundarationaltheoryofsocietyonacommonbedrockofmethodolog
2、icalindividualism.Thespeedofthesedevelopmentshasbeenremarkableandtheyhaveconstitutedsomethingofarevolution.Butthetechnicaldemandsofthesubjectoftendiscouragethereadersmostlikelytobenefitfromengagingwithit.ThissecondeditionofShaunP.HargreavesHeapandYanisVaroufakis’sclas
3、sictextstripsawaythemystiqueandletsthereadermakeuphisorherownmind.Itcombinesthethoroughnessofatextbookwiththecriticaledgeofthefirsteditionasit:explainsclearlyallthemajorconcepts(e.g.thevariousformsofNash’sequilibrium,bargainingsolutions),aswellastheirphilosophicalbea
4、rings(e.g.rationality,knowl-edge,socialagency);introducesnew,excitingareasofresearch(e.g.psychological,experimentalandevolutionarygametheory),whichitblendscarefullywithtraditionalgames(e.g.thePrisoner’sDilemma,Hawk–Dove);offersmanyproblemsattheendofeachchapter,compl
5、etewithextensivesolutions.Withanuncompromisingcommitmenttointellectualhonesty,itseeksoutgametheory’sstrengthsandlimitationsinabidtodrawouttheirimplicationsforanytheoryofsocietywhichreliesexclusivelyonliberalindividualism.Anewgenerationofstudentsofgamethe-orywillgrowto
6、appreciatethissuperbtextwhilstfansofthefirsteditionwilleagerlydevourthislong-awaitedupdate.ShaunP.HargreavesHeapisProfessorofEconomicsattheUniversityofEastAnglia,UK.YanisVaroufakisisAssociateProfessorofEconomicsattheUniversityofAthens.HeistheauthorofFoundationsofEcono
7、mics,alsopublishedbyRoutledge.GAMETHEORY,SECONDEDITIONAcriticaltextShaunP.HargreavesHeapandYanisVaroufakisFirsteditionpublishedin1995Thisrevisededitionpublished2004byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStr
8、eet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2004.©2004Sh
