A fascinating related concept is incentive compatibility (one of his variants use the Nash equilibrium). « A mechanism is called incentive-compatible (IC) if

A fascinating related concept is incentive compatibility (one of his variants use the Nash equilibrium). « A mechanism is called incentive-compatible (IC) if every participant can achieve the best outcome to him/herself just by acting according to his/her true preferences. » https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive_compatibility https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive_compatibility I use this mind tool very frequently being an incentive system architect. One interesting technology that allow IC is the vickrey auction.