Episode · Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova · 2025-03-06
Books mentioned on How Trump is Getting the Game Theory Wrong
This week, Nate and Maria discuss Trump’s tariffs and analyze his strategy from a game theory perspective. They get into the difference between zero-sum and cooperative games, speculate on how Trump would act in the dictator game, and discuss the rationality of revenge.
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The confidence game
“I wrote a book about con artists and about how they operate and about you know how the whole world works”