A question in the comments: what books are suitable to introduce game theory to a young reader? I asked on Twitter and got loads of good replies – huge thanks to all who made suggestions:

Ariel Rubinstein’s [amazon_link id=”1906924775″ target=”_blank” ]Economic Fables[/amazon_link] (I loved this book so much it was the Enlightened Economist Book of the Year in 2012)

[amazon_image id=”1906924775″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Economic Fables[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0273684965″ target=”_blank” ]A Guide to Game Theory[/amazon_link] Fiona Carmichael

[amazon_link id=”038541580X” target=”_blank” ]Prisoner’s Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory and the Puzzle of the Bomb[/amazon_link] by William Poundstone

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[amazon_link id=”0669246034″ target=”_blank” ]Fun and Games[/amazon_link] by Ken Binmore, or his [amazon_link id=”0199218463″ target=”_blank” ]Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction[/amazon_link]

[amazon_image id=”0669246034″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Fun and Games: A Text on Game Theory[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0393062430″ target=”_blank” ]The Art of Strategy[/amazon_link] or [amazon_link id=”0393310353″ target=”_blank” ]Thinking Strategically[/amazon_link] by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff (I’ve read these, too, and they’re pitched at a business audience so very accessible)

A critique of game theory, [amazon_link id=”0415094038″ target=”_blank” ]Game Theory: A Critical Introduction[/amazon_link] Shaun Hargreaves Heap and Yanis Varoufakis

Finally, some recommended online lectures – Ben Polak’s Yale course.