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the Art of Strategy

Introduction; How should People Behave  in Society ? PartI 1.Ten Tales of strategy 2.Games Solvable by backward Reasoing 3.Prisoners' Dilemmas and How to Resolve them 4.A Beautiful Equilibrium Epilogue to PartI PartII 5.Choice and Chance 6.Strategic Moves 7.Makng Strategies Credible Epilogue to partII A Nobel History  PartIII 8.Interpreting and Manipulating informaton 9.Cooperation and Coodinaton 10.Auctions, Bidding ,and Contests 11.Bargning How should People Behave in society? Our answer does not deal with ethics or eitquette. Not do we aim to compete with philosophers, preachers, or parents. Our theme , alhough less lofty , affects the lives of all of us  just as much as do morality and manners. This book is about strategic behavior. All of us are strategists, whether we like it or not. It is better to be a good strategist than a bad one , and this book aims to  help you improve your skills at discovering and using effective strategies. Work, even social life,is a...

The chhina puzzle

 CONTENTS   1. The China pulzzle  2.Chin's Economic Miracle 3.China's Cosumers and the new Generation 4.Paradise and jungle, the story of chinese Frims  5.The State and the mayor Eocnomy 6.The Financial System 7.The Technology Race 8.China's Role in Global Trade 9.On the world's Financial Stage 10.Toward a new Paradigm THE CHINA PUZZLE This book is about reading china in the original, coming to understand its people , economy, and government in such way that the truth is not lost in translation, is far too often the case. I first reakuzed  this fresh perspecive was sorely needed way back in 1997 , when, as a teenager, I came to the US as a Chinese exchange student. Dr. Lawrence Weiss, visionary headnaster of the Horace Mann School's upper division, in New York City , anticipated China's future signigicance in the world, despite its much smaller eeconomic and political hefl at that time. He believed it was important to introduce an anthentically Chinese pers...