Political Polarisation – A Game-Theoretic Perspective with Adam Meirowitz

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Feb 3, 202626:07Business

In this episode, we discuss how game theory sheds light on modern electoral competition. Our guest, Adam Meirowitz, introduces the classical model of candidate convergence and explains why real elections often depart fro...

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