August 7, 2025
When they choose between using sugar or high-fructose, Coke and Pepsi could be dealing with the Prisoners' Dilemma.
July 20, 2025
After knowing the mind-boggling prices for a Birkin bag and "Citizen Kane" sled, only auction economics can explain while they were so high.
May 6, 2025
Whether it's the U.S. and China, the EU, or any other country, negotiating tariffs always involves game theory and the prisoners' dilemma.
November 8, 2024
Hoping the U.S. will do what is best for its workers and businesses, economist Betsey Stevenson has a new paid time off proposal.
December 6, 2022
Having entered the knockouts, World Cup rules mandate a penalty shootout that economists can explain with game theory.
September 29, 2021
Looking at the game theory behind congressional debt ceiling negotiations, we see a classic example of the prisoner's dilemma.
December 5, 2019
The one similarity shared by the U.S. China Trade War, OPEC negotiations, and two burglars separated in jail is the Prisoners' Dilemma.
June 16, 2019
The success of a decision to use Waze, Google Maps, and other mapping apps to avoid traffic can depend on outsmarting the prisoner's dilemma.
August 7, 2017
Planning their surcharge policy for the holiday shipping surge, UPS and FedEx each was influenced by the Prisoners' Dilemma.