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We go into a race and say: "We would like you both to take a disclosure pledge. If one candidate takes it, and the other doesn't, we may go after the one who d
by jim-greer 12y ago
We go into a race and say:
"We would like you both to take a disclosure pledge. If one candidate takes it, and the other doesn't, we may go after the one who doesn't."
Then we see what happens.
- eridius 12y agoI still don't see how this is game theory. This just seems like a classic carrot-and-stick approach.
- jim-greer 12y agoWhat if I tell two prisoners: "If one of you informs on the other, he'll get off with a 1 year sentence, and the other goes to prison for 10 years. If neither informs, you both go to prison for 5 years." Does that sound like game theory, or just carrot-and-stick? Here are other examples of game theory in real-life. I'd say we're in the same category: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#Real-life_examples http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#Real-life_...
- SilasX 12y agoI just wish the article had been clear about that. Instead it just rambled for several paragraph, and replaced the threat with a vague statement about how you'd "hold them accountable", which could mean a dozen things. Also, I concur with the GP except that I agree this is a use of game theory, but only in the trivial sense that any offer of reward to those you like (as used by other PACs) is game theory.