The article's pretty short on analyzing what game best models the current debates. My vote would be for the ultimatum game, but that ignores the element of tim

The article's pretty short on analyzing what game best models the current debates. My vote would be for the ultimatum game, but that ignores the element of time in their decisions. Time is a huge factor in this game, so it probably isn't even that great of a model. Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_in_game_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_in_game_theory