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1、GAMETHEORY,SECONDEDITIONGametheorynowprovidesthetheoreticalunderpinningformostareasofeconomics.Moreover,ithasspreadfastinotherdisciplines,energisedbyclaimsthatitrepresentsanopportunitytounifythesocialsciences,tofoundarationaltheoryofsocietyonacommonbedrockofmethodologicalindividualism.Thespee
2、dofthesedevelopmentshasbeenremarkableandtheyhaveconstitutedsomethingofarevolution.Butthetechnicaldemandsofthesubjectoftendiscouragethereadersmostlikelytobenefitfromengagingwithit.ThissecondeditionofShaunP.HargreavesHeapandYanisVaroufakis’sclassictextstripsawaythemystiqueandletsthereadermakeup
3、hisorherownmind.Itcombinesthethoroughnessofatextbookwiththecriticaledgeofthefirsteditionasit:explainsclearlyallthemajorconcepts(e.g.thevariousformsofNash’sequilibrium,bargainingsolutions),aswellastheirphilosophicalbearings(e.g.rationality,knowl-edge,socialagency);introducesnew,excitingareas
4、ofresearch(e.g.psychological,experimentalandevolutionarygametheory),whichitblendscarefullywithtraditionalgames(e.g.thePrisoner’sDilemma,Hawk–Dove);offersmanyproblemsattheendofeachchapter,completewithextensivesolutions.Withanuncompromisingcommitmenttointellectualhonesty,itseeksoutgametheory’s
5、strengthsandlimitationsinabidtodrawouttheirimplicationsforanytheoryofsocietywhichreliesexclusivelyonliberalindividualism.Anewgenerationofstudentsofgamethe-orywillgrowtoappreciatethissuperbtextwhilstfansofthefirsteditionwilleagerlydevourthislong-awaitedupdate.ShaunP.HargreavesHeapisProfessorof
6、EconomicsattheUniversityofEastAnglia,UK.YanisVaroufakisisAssociateProfessorofEconomicsattheUniversityofAthens.HeistheauthorofFoundationsofEconomics,alsopublishedbyRoutledge.GAMETHEORY,SECONDEDITIONAcriticaltextShaunP.HargreavesHeapandYanisVaroufakisFirsteditionpublishedin1995Thisrevisededitio
7、npublished2004byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2004.©2004Sh